Wizz fleet plan shows impact of A321neo delays

Wizz Air is set to receive only half the Airbus A321neos it had planned to introduce in its 2020-21 financial year, the carrier has revealed in its latest fleet plan. The airline had been due to take 19 A321neos over the period, according to the figures given at its Q1 briefing in July. But its updated plan, released with its half-year results, shows only 9 A321neos will arrive in fiscal 2020-21, 4 of them deferred from scheduled delivery in 2019-20. As a result Wizz will have 17, rather than 31, A321neos in 2020-21 but will retain 3 more A320s than it had intended, a total of 70, which will give it an overall fleet of 134 aircraft, instead of the previous 145. Airbus has been struggling with industrial ramp-up problems with the A321neo. <br/>