Budapest-based Wizz is in the process of negotiations with Indian authorities to be granted so-called designation which would throw the door open to the start of services to India, Chief Executive Officer Jozsef Varadi said.
A London-bound flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a ‘deranged’ passenger tried to open a door at 30,000 feet. He was tackled and brought down by another passenger.
In an interview, CEO Jozsef Varadi pointed to India as a growing opportunity with the potential for 'immense development', as the leading European budget airline looks to add Airbus's long-haul A321 XLR aircraft to the fleet
“There’s great potential in India, as the country has seen an immense development,” Wizz Chief Executive Officer Jozsef Varadi said in an interview in Budapest today.
The CEO of Wizz Air has drawn the ire of pilot unions after suggesting that too many crew members were refusing to fly because of fatigue.
A Wizz Air pilot was heard ranting at passengers during a seven-hour delay which saw them grounded on the runway.
The draft proposal to be issued jointly by IATA, airports body ACI and slot coordinators, calls on regulators to extend the current waiver of rules requiring airlines to use 80% of their take-off and landing windows or else cede some to rivals.