Company Insights Wizz Air Aviation Wizz Air Overview Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADQ) (formerly, Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, ADDH), Wizz Air Holdings Wizz Air Abu Dhabi is a low-cost airline based at Zayed International Airport in Abu Dhabi. It is a subsidiary company to the larger Wizz Air franchise and was created in 2019 to cater to growth markets in the Middle East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Wizz Air Abu Dhabi is a joint venture between Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADQ) (51% ownership) and Wizz Air Holdings (49%). The airline operates at more than 190 airports across 54 countries. Wizz Air News Interview Aviation Wizz Air Abu Dhabi predicts slower growth Wizz Air Abu Dhabi expects slower growth in 2025 as delays of new aircraft deliveries, engine issues in some of its existing fleet and regulatory problems in some new markets affect its ambitious expansion plans. The airline, a joint venture between Hungary’s Wizz Air Holding and Abu Dhabi’s state-owned investment holding ADQ, is navigating global […] January 23, 2025 EXCLUSIVE Aviation Wizz Air increases flights from UAE to Israel after ceasefire The budget carrier Wizz Air is increasing the number of flights between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv after the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The airline had previously scaled back its Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi service to four flights a week because of the conflict, down from its pre-crisis schedule of two flights a day. […] January 16, 2025 Aviation Wizz Air expects Abu Dhabi to beat global traffic growth Abu Dhabi will likely beat global passenger volume growth of 15-20 percent next year, driven by new low-cost routes to the Middle East, Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi has said. “I think Abu Dhabi is going to grow beyond this,” he said. Based in Hungary, the airline established its operations in Abu Dhabi in 2019 through […] September 17, 2024 Opinion Aviation Egypt must strike the Saudi aviation market while it’s hot New capacity should go to the kingdom's regional routes, where rapid growth is creating new opportunities July 10, 2024 Tourism Investors to build 1,400 hotel rooms in Petra despite tourism slump Local investors are proceeding with plans to build 1,400 hotel rooms in Petra, a tourism official has said, as Jordan grapples with the impact of the Gaza conflict. Petra’s hotel occupancy rates tumbled to a record low of 3 percent last November and have remained in the single or the low double digits since then. […] July 8, 2024 Tourism Egypt tourism up 5% in early 2024 despite Gaza conflict The number of tourists visiting Egypt increased by five percent year on year in the first 40 days of 2024, according to Egypt’s tourism minister, Ahmed Issa. The announcement came after reports in January that visitor numbers for the whole of 2023 reached a record high of 14.9 million, just shy of the 15 million […] February 23, 2024 Aviation Wizz Air Abu Dhabi aims for 25% business growth Low-cost carrier Wizz Air Abu Dhabi expects business to grow by 25 percent in 2024 compared to last year, driven by capacity growth. The airline has 12 aircraft based in Abu Dhabi, with plans to expand to 50 in the next four to five years, the UAE state-run Wam news agency reported, citing CEO Jozsef […] January 26, 2024 Opinion Aviation Europe’s low-cost carriers take off for Mena markets Next stop Riyadh for Ryanair? December 22, 2023 Aviation Wizz Air to add more routes after strong year Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has reported a 150 percent rise in passengers this year. The company, a joint venture between Hungary’s Wizz Air and Abu Dhabi state holding company ADQ, carried 3 million passengers in 2023, up from 1.2 million in the previous 12 months, Johan Eidhagen, the managing director, told AGBI. It also doubled […] December 21, 2023 Analysis Aviation Mena’s use of green jet fuel ‘needs incentives’ to take off On Wednesday morning, an Emirates A380 took off from Dubai International Airport and headed down the coastline. It’s a familiar route, but this was something new: one of the Airbus’s four engines was 100 percent powered by sustainable aviation fuel. The 45-minute test flight came in a week of advances for sustainable fuels, known as […] November 23, 2023 Posts navigation 1 2 3 Next
Interview Aviation Wizz Air Abu Dhabi predicts slower growth Wizz Air Abu Dhabi expects slower growth in 2025 as delays of new aircraft deliveries, engine issues in some of its existing fleet and regulatory problems in some new markets affect its ambitious expansion plans. The airline, a joint venture between Hungary’s Wizz Air Holding and Abu Dhabi’s state-owned investment holding ADQ, is navigating global […] January 23, 2025
EXCLUSIVE Aviation Wizz Air increases flights from UAE to Israel after ceasefire The budget carrier Wizz Air is increasing the number of flights between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv after the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The airline had previously scaled back its Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi service to four flights a week because of the conflict, down from its pre-crisis schedule of two flights a day. […] January 16, 2025
Aviation Wizz Air expects Abu Dhabi to beat global traffic growth Abu Dhabi will likely beat global passenger volume growth of 15-20 percent next year, driven by new low-cost routes to the Middle East, Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi has said. “I think Abu Dhabi is going to grow beyond this,” he said. Based in Hungary, the airline established its operations in Abu Dhabi in 2019 through […] September 17, 2024
Opinion Aviation Egypt must strike the Saudi aviation market while it’s hot New capacity should go to the kingdom's regional routes, where rapid growth is creating new opportunities July 10, 2024
Tourism Investors to build 1,400 hotel rooms in Petra despite tourism slump Local investors are proceeding with plans to build 1,400 hotel rooms in Petra, a tourism official has said, as Jordan grapples with the impact of the Gaza conflict. Petra’s hotel occupancy rates tumbled to a record low of 3 percent last November and have remained in the single or the low double digits since then. […] July 8, 2024
Tourism Egypt tourism up 5% in early 2024 despite Gaza conflict The number of tourists visiting Egypt increased by five percent year on year in the first 40 days of 2024, according to Egypt’s tourism minister, Ahmed Issa. The announcement came after reports in January that visitor numbers for the whole of 2023 reached a record high of 14.9 million, just shy of the 15 million […] February 23, 2024
Aviation Wizz Air Abu Dhabi aims for 25% business growth Low-cost carrier Wizz Air Abu Dhabi expects business to grow by 25 percent in 2024 compared to last year, driven by capacity growth. The airline has 12 aircraft based in Abu Dhabi, with plans to expand to 50 in the next four to five years, the UAE state-run Wam news agency reported, citing CEO Jozsef […] January 26, 2024
Opinion Aviation Europe’s low-cost carriers take off for Mena markets Next stop Riyadh for Ryanair? December 22, 2023
Aviation Wizz Air to add more routes after strong year Wizz Air Abu Dhabi has reported a 150 percent rise in passengers this year. The company, a joint venture between Hungary’s Wizz Air and Abu Dhabi state holding company ADQ, carried 3 million passengers in 2023, up from 1.2 million in the previous 12 months, Johan Eidhagen, the managing director, told AGBI. It also doubled […] December 21, 2023
Analysis Aviation Mena’s use of green jet fuel ‘needs incentives’ to take off On Wednesday morning, an Emirates A380 took off from Dubai International Airport and headed down the coastline. It’s a familiar route, but this was something new: one of the Airbus’s four engines was 100 percent powered by sustainable aviation fuel. The 45-minute test flight came in a week of advances for sustainable fuels, known as […] November 23, 2023