Cost savings rather than range drew Wizz to A321neo

Wizz Air is focused on availing of the Airbus A321neo's lower operating costs rather than its potential to add farther-flung destinations to the network. CE Jozsef Varadi said the airline "primarily" saw its on-order A321neos as representing "a cost initiative rather than a range initiative". He says the A321neo – a first of which is to join Wizz's fleet in the coming days – is set to deliver operational cost savings of 20% versus the A320ceo and 10% versus the A321ceo. Varadi says Wizz is not "planning on extending the range of the airline" with the jets, which will not be used for any significant alteration to the design of its network. Wizz has 184 A321neos on order and holds options on another 90. In addition, the airline has 5 A321ceos and 72 A320neos on order. <br/>