Wizz Air to restart flights between UK and Israel in March as losses mount

25 January 2024 , 11:50

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Wizz Air is to resume flights between the UK and israel from March (Image: No credit)

Wizz Air has revealed plans to restart flights between the UK and Israel.

The airline had previously suspended its services due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas that began in October. From March, Wizz Air will be flying from cities including Budapest, Sofia, Bucharest, Krakow, London and Rome to Tel Aviv.

The Hungarian airline used to connect the UK and Israel with flights from Gatwick and Luton. However, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and easyJet have not yet announced any plans to resume their services to Israel. El Al, an Israeli airline, has continued its flights between the UK and Tel Aviv throughout the conflict.

In other news, Wizz Air reported a 16% increase in operating losses, from £133 million between October and December 2022 to £154 million during the same period last year. Despite this, Chief executive Jozsef Varadi said: "At the beginning of the quarter we faced geopolitical crises in Israel and the Middle East and have responded by cancelling affected flights to protect our passengers, employees, assets and general public."

He added: "Despite the associated flight cancellations and redeployment of capacity at short notice, we managed operations well, delivering improved on-time performance and significantly better utilisation year on year."

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Lawrence Matheson