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Wizz Air looks to delay 100 Airbus aircraft deliveries, Bloomberg News reports
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 23, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Global Banking and Finance Review
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 23, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Wizz Air is set to delay 100 Airbus deliveries due to financial and engine issues, impacting its fleet and profitability.
(Reuters) -Hungary-based Wizz Air is in talks to defer about 100 Airbus SE aircraft deliveries into the next decade, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The aircraft were originally slated for delivery between now and 2030, the report said.
Wizz Air declined to comment. Airbus did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
Wizz has struggled in recent years to compete financially with other European carriers as it grapples with engine-related groundings of its Airbus aircraft.
The low-cost airline missed its first quarter profit estimates in July, due to the groundings. It also stated in its first quarter earnings announcement that it would look to "slow down" its delivery schedule from Airbus with an aim to remove capacity pressure from its fleet. Its shares have fallen over 20% this year.
Wizz CEO Jozsef Varadi told Reuters in September that the airline was working with engine maker Pratt & Whitney, owned by RTX Corp, to expedite engine servicing, as delays had grounded significant portions of its fleet.
Earlier this month, the company's CFO Ian Malin said the carrier aimed to end engine-related groundings of its Airbus aircraft by the end of 2027, while CEO Varadi said that it was up to Pratt & Whitney to determine the schedule.
The groundings have limited the carrier's ability to increase capacity and it has issued two profit warnings.
(Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru, Joanna Plucinska in London and Tim Hepher in Paris; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala and Susan Fenton)
Aircraft delivery refers to the process of transferring a new aircraft from the manufacturer to the airline. This includes final inspections, paperwork, and acceptance by the airline.
Profit warnings are alerts issued by companies indicating that their earnings will be lower than expected. This can impact stock prices and investor confidence.
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