Wizz Air opens first western European base at Luton
Wizz Air has opened a new base at Luton airport, its first in western Europe, part of plans to expand its capacity. Luton was the destination for Wizz Air's first ever flight in 2004, and the airline said that the base would help to serve its routes from the airport more effectively. It will allow the airline to keep aircraft at Luton overnight and will create 36 jobs. Owain Jones, COO at Wizz Air, said: "We've got 13% growth (in traffic) here this year, and having the aircraft based here, having the local crew, it will enable us to keep that strong growth going." Wizz Air already flies about a third of the flights from Luton, and some months it has more flights from the airport than rival EasyJet, which is headquartered there. CE Jozsef Varadi has said the new base reflected the size of the Luton operation, where it served 5m passengers last year. <br/>
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Wizz Air opens first western European base at Luton
Wizz Air has opened a new base at Luton airport, its first in western Europe, part of plans to expand its capacity. Luton was the destination for Wizz Air's first ever flight in 2004, and the airline said that the base would help to serve its routes from the airport more effectively. It will allow the airline to keep aircraft at Luton overnight and will create 36 jobs. Owain Jones, COO at Wizz Air, said: "We've got 13% growth (in traffic) here this year, and having the aircraft based here, having the local crew, it will enable us to keep that strong growth going." Wizz Air already flies about a third of the flights from Luton, and some months it has more flights from the airport than rival EasyJet, which is headquartered there. CE Jozsef Varadi has said the new base reflected the size of the Luton operation, where it served 5m passengers last year. <br/>
