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Wizz Air launches domestic routes in Norway on November 5 and is now stepping up its efforts even before the first departure. As the launch nears, thousands of tickets have been sold and the list of those who want to boycott the company is growing.
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Two weeks before the first Wizz Air aircraft is scheduled to take off on the company’s first domestic flight in Norway, the company arrives with news:
The bet must be doubled.
In reality, the company was going to start with a base in Gardermoen and two planes. Now the company will also open a base in Trondheim and will also install two aircraft there.
Hungarian low-cost giant Wizz Air announced on October 6 that it will enter the Norwegian domestic market from November 5, 14 years after it started flying to Norway.
On Thursday, co-founder and CEO József Váradi lined up to meet with the press.
– We have already sold thousands of tickets and the response in the market has been very good. We see that we can do more and that is what the market and the majority of Norwegians demand, says Varadi about the decision.
The launch takes place at the same time that the entire global aviation industry is in crisis thanks to corona. Wizz Air is going straight to attack the runways of SAS, Norwegian and Widerøe, at the same time that the three companies have financial difficulties.
Although Wizz Air’s investment with four planes and two bases is much less than the other big three in the Norwegian market, Wizz Air appears with a full war chest and billions of crowns with a book.
Wizz Air’s investment has already caused a stir due to the company’s skepticism towards unions.
– What was it that triggered the decision to double your investment, even before domestic investment took off?
– If we see demand in the market, we react. If we don’t see it, we’ll cut. I think we got a much better response from the market than expected. The early booking figures are very strong and based on that we believe there is higher demand, says Varadi.
– But we follow the market closely, he adds.
10 Norwegian national routes
The original route plan was to fly from Oslo to Bergen, Tromsø and Trondheim four or two times a day, starting on November 5.
Now more routes will also fly:
- From Trondheim to Stavanger, Bodø and Tromsø
- Between Tromsø and Bodø
- Between Tromsø and Stavanger
- Between Oslo and Ålesund
- Between Oslo and Bodø
The Hungarian low-cost airline is one of the largest in Europe. The company has a total of 37 bases in Europe, two of which will be located in Norway.
The company has more than 900 routes to 162 destinations. Ten of these routes will be national in Norway.
and now it will have 10 national routes in Norway, in addition to all the routes that the company runs between Norway and other European countries.
Wizz Air began flying to Norway in 2006, between Warsaw and Torp. In the following years, the company expanded
-199 crowns will not be the average price
Before Thursday’s press conference, his plans were to settle in Norway via routes from Oslo to Bergen four times a day, to Tromsø four times a day and Trondheim twice a day.
The company will be based in Gardermoen with two bases.
The planes will start flying from November 5 and the company they claim will be the third largest company in the Oslo / Torp market.
OFFENSIVE: Forget about unions if you go to work at this man’s company. On Thursday, CEO József Váradi will present an update on Wizz Air’s Norwegian plans.
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Analysis: why Wizz Air came to Norway
Even before it started, Wizz Air has managed to become a hot potato on Norwegian soil.
Ambitions to hijack customers on the busiest domestic routes with ultra-cheap tickets have sparked a price war.
A Norwegian aviation analyst believes that we can see company prices as low as ten crowns for a flight in Norway.
Boycotted by community leaders
Following questions from Jonas Gahr Støre during Question Time at the Storting, Erna Solberg made a series of boycott statements against Wizz Air.
– I will not fly with a company that refuses to organize workers, said Solberg.
Since the top manager gave a very clear message that they operate without unions, the low-cost giant has also incited boycotts of various organizations.
It emerged on Tuesday that the industry organization Lederne had launched a boycott of Wizz Air, a day after the YS main board made the same decision.
– Wizz Air’s entry into Norway and its declared attitude towards our established model of cooperation in working life threatens the fabric of Norwegian society, union leader Audun Ingvartsen in Lederne said in a press release.
The reactions come after a press conference on October 6, where Wizz Air’s executive vice president József Váradi said the airline will not sign collective agreements with unions.
See the list of those who boycotted in the data box below.
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Get help from SAS
When low-cost carrier Wizz Air begins its Norwegian routes in November, they will receive help from SAS Ground Handling to handle operations at the airports.
The SAS subsidiary is responsible for the check-in, baggage handling, and similar tasks that take place inside and outside Gardermoen.
They are not only suppliers to SAS, and now to Wizz Air, but also to 40 other airlines, including Lufthansa, Airfrance and Qatar Airways.
P.S! You can follow the press conference on E24.
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