A Wizz Air Malta Airbus A321 Neo aircraft was spotted at Eindhoven Airport during the taxiing, takeoff and flight phases in the blue sky.
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LONDON — European travelers can now fly unlimitedly for €499 ($550) a year with a new travel subscription service from budget airline Wizz Air.
The annual “Unlimited Flights” pass, which allows you to book one-way and round-trip flights all year round, is on sale for an introductory fee until Friday, after which the price increases to €599.
According to details on the airline’s website, passengers can book flights to international destinations including Athens (Greece), Madrid, Paris and Reykjavik (Iceland) “without restrictions” up to three days before departure, with the booking window opening in September.
An additional flat fee of 9.99 EUR will be charged to each reservation, and any baggage exceeding 1 piece of personal belongings will be charged separately.
The airline said it initially planned to launch 10,000 “unlimited flights” memberships, which are subject to availability based on “a number of external and internal factors,” according to an FAQ on its website.
The launch follows similar subscription packages from U.S. carriers such as Frontier Airlines, which last year announced a $599 unlimited Go Wild! pass for North American routes.
But while some European airlines offer multi-ticket bundles for a flat rate, unlimited packages are still a relatively new concept on the continent.
Wizz Air achieved the following results: The post-pandemic travel boom has put pressure on the sector, leading to declining revenues and lower customer satisfaction.
Earlier this month, the Hungarian airline reported a 44% drop in first-quarter operating profit, while its customer satisfaction rating of 44% put it last in a February ranking of European short-haul airlines by consumer group Which?
CEO Josef Barady told CNBC on the day the company reported first-quarter results that supply constraints were weighing on the company’s near-term outlook and that inflationary pressures were weighing on consumer demand.
The airline, which already operates flights to the Maldives, Cairo and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, had previously said it was exploring new routes from Europe to India.
