"Wizz Air Abu Dhabi"

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Wizz Air Abu Dhabi is a low-cost airline based at Abu Dhabi International Airport (UAE). The airline is a joint venture with state-owned ADQ (formerly Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, ADDH), which owns 51 percent and Wizz Air Holdings owns the remaining 49 percent. Flights began in November 2020. At this time, the fleet consisted of two Airbus A321neo.

History
On December 12, 2019, Wizz Air announced the creation of a new subsidiary based at Abu Dhabi International Airport, which will offer low-cost flights from the airport to enter growing markets across the Middle East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent.

In July 2020, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi announced its initial route network, opening 6 destinations from its Abu Dhabi base.

In an interview, Jozsef Varadi, CEO of Wizz Air, said the airline’s fleet could grow to 100 aircraft in the next 15 years.

On January 15, 2021, the first Wizz Air Abu Dhabi flight departed from Abu Dhabi to Athens.

Route network

As of 2021, the airline operates flights from Abu Dhabi (UAE) to the following cities: Almaty, Astana, (Kuwait), (Kazakhstan), Yerevan (Armenia), Budapest (Hungary), Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Katowice (Poland), Sofia (Bulgaria), Larnaca (Cyprus), Alexandria (Egypt), Kutaisi (Georgia), Athens, Thessaloniki (Greece), Tel Aviv (Israel), Baku (Mazerbaijan), 5 October 2022.

fleet

As of February 2021, the airline’s fleet consists of four Airbus A321neo.

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UAE Airlines
State airlines
Budget airlines
Abu Dhabi companies