Wizz Air Ramps Up Growth Plans as European Rivals Wilt
Photo Credit: The side of a Wizz Air A321. The carrier is upping its capacity growth for the rest of the year. Wizz Air
Skift Take
Like bigger rivals such as Ryanair and EasyJet, Wizz Air is happy to take advantage of smaller European airlines pulling back capacity or going out of business entirely.
European low-cost carrier Wizz Air is taking advantage of struggles at some of its competitors by ramping up its growth plans for the rest of the year.
The airline will increase its growth target from 16 to 20 percent as weaker carriers start to pull routes and frequencies.
Wizz Air's fleet is made up entirely of Airbus aircraft putting it at an advantage compared with regional rival Ryanair, which is itself scaling back its ambitions because of a delay in receiving its order of Boeing 737 Max jets. Regulators across the world have grounded the aircra
