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Evening Standard
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Simon English

Wizz Air ‘ready for largest ever summer flying programme’ as Covid losses hit €1.2 billion

Wizz Air carried more than 27 million passengers over the past year

(Picture: Wizz Air)

Budget airline Wizz Air today forecast a record summer, even as it fought pilot shortages, spiralling fuel costs and travel chaos at airlines, and warned that customers face price rises of at least 10%.

The Ryanair rival, which flies to cities across Europe as well as North Africa and the Middle East, made losses for the year to March of €642 million (£550 million).

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