The Latest Breaking News from Wizz Air

Wizz Air flight returns to airport after being hit by lightning

‘I didn’t see any fire. It was just lightning and a bang. It was so loud’ one passenger told reporters

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Redrow founder Steve Morgan to help fly 10,000 Ukrainian refugees to the UK for free

Mr Morgan had previously pledged to meet the cost of bringing 1,000 Ukrainian refugees to the UK

Birmingham Post · May 12, 2022

Wizz Air reports a huge rise in passenger numbers

April also saw the Hungarian airline investing in a new UK base at Cardiff Airport

Birmingham Post · May 3, 2022

Wedding guest gran in wheelchair is landed in wrong country by Wizz Air blunder

Joe, 89, was stranded without her medication 680 miles from her destination and feared she would miss grandson's big day

Wales Online · Apr 21, 2022

Welsh gran nearly misses family wedding after airline takes her to the wrong country

Joe Winter and her daughter were in disbelief when they discovered they had landed in Poland - not Slovenia

Wales Online · Apr 21, 2022

Disabled gran sent to wrong country by Wizz Air

It almost ended in tears for the wheelchair-bound 89-year-old

Liverpool Echo · Apr 21, 2022

Disabled gran nearly misses family wedding after Wizz Air takes her to WRONG country

Joan Winter and Hayley Vickery found themselves in Poznań, Poland when they were led onto a Wizz Air flight from Luton Airport they believed was headed for Ljubljana, Slovenia

Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2022

Wizz Air passengers ‘insulted’ by €35 credit offer after nightmare flight saw them stranded 300km from home

Exclusive: Man who spent £260 getting home at 4am calls voucher ‘insulting’, saying his claim status is now marked as ‘resolved’

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Family-of-4 dropped off by Wizz Air 200 miles from destination in dead of night

Hilla Lousky, 42, her husband, daughter Zohar, 10, and baby son Yahel were some of the passengers whose trip to the UK from Tel Aviv, Israel was disrupted by a sudden diversion

Daily Mirror · Apr 20, 2022

Wizz Air 'dumps' passengers 200 miles from destination and states 'find your own way home'

A Wizz Air flight bound from Tel Aviv which was supposed to land at London Gatwick was diverted, with many having to fork out hundreds to get taxis back home.

Daily Record · Apr 19, 2022