Wizz Air’s Gulf Unit to Double Aircraft, Staff as Demand Climbs - Bloomberg

Wizz Air’s Gulf Unit to Double Aircraft, Staff as Demand Climbs - Bloomberg

Wizz Air Holdings Plc’s Persian Gulf venture plans to double its fleet and boost hiring as demand for low-cost flights surges following a slow start during the pandemic.

The new airline is seeing “very strong demand” and expects traffic to almost double over the next 12 months from the 1.2 million passengers flown over the past year, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi Managing Director Johan Eidhagen said in an interview.

The fleet will expand to 15 aircraft by March 2024 from eight currently, as the airline adds new destinations to cities within about a six-hour radius from its Abu Dhabi base. The venture is also hiring, with plans to double staff to 800 in the capital of oil-rich United Arab Emirates, Eidhagen said.