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Wizz Air, the largest low fare - low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, took delivery of its first brand new Airbus A320 aircraft in the Airbus Industries’ facilities in Toulouse.
Press release
The new aircraft is leased from Aviation Capital Group (ACG), a subsidiary of Pacific LifeCorp on a five and a half year lease term. The aircraft is powered by International Aero Engine’s V-2500 engines and comes with a single class configuration of 180 seats as all the aircraft in Wizz Air’s all A320 fleet. This will be the 7th aircraft in fleet.
The new aircraft will serve the Polish market, including new routes from Warsaw to Kaunas, Dortmund and Budapest and from Gdansk to Stockholm starting on 1 December 2005.
"We are delighted to have Wizz Air as our new customer. The airline has proved its capabilities to build a successful business by demonstrating outstanding market and operational results in a very short period of time. We are proud to be associated with the leading low cost carrier in Central and Eastern Europe and looking forward to a long lasting fruitful cooperation." - said Richard Cherney Executive Vice President of ACG.
József Váradi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air said: “Today is landmark for Wizz Air and a milestone for CEE aviation. Our A320 is the very first brand new aircraft ever delivered to a low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe. The deployment of this new ACG aircraft will enhance our market leadership in the region and will strengthen Wizz Air’s fleet which is one of the youngest ones in the world."
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Wizz Air is Central & Eastern Europe’s leading low fare - low cost airline. Wizz Air flies a young fleet of 180 seater Airbus A320 aircraft from Katowice, Warsaw, Gdansk and Poznan in Poland, from Budapest in Hungary and from Sofia in Bulgaria on 32 European routes to 17 destinations currently. Since its start in May 2004 Wizz Air has carried over 2 million passengers.
Newport Beach, California-based Aviation Capital Group has been providing innovative aircraft financing solutions and aircraft to the world's airline industry for more than 15 years. ACG has also actively provided asset management services to other third-party aircraft and aviation financing parties and is among the leading aircraft operating lessors in the world, with a reach to all corners of the globe. For additional information about ACG, visit the company's Web site at www.aviationcapital.com.