Wizz Air targets top spot on local low cost market

The current local low cost market leader is Blue Air.

“Wizz Air is market leader in all Central and Eastern European countries, in terms of passengers transported to and from the region,” the company’s Corporate Communication and Public Affairs Director, Natasa Kazmer, told Business Standard.

In the first quarter of 2008, the operator carried some 155,000 passengers on routes to and from Romania, some 200 percent higher year-on-year. For 2008, the company expects some 1 million clients, while its main competitor, Blue Air, is forecasting some 1.2 million passengers. Wizz Air’s net sales amounted to €30 million in 2007, while Blue Air posted €90 mln in turnover.