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Wizz Air welcomes 250th aircraft as Airbus pushes toward year-end delivery goal

At the end of October, Airbus had 585 deliveries, or 235 short of its year-end goal of around 820 aircraft.

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Wizz Air has welcomed its 250th aircraft at a special event in Budapest, Hungary, with the low-cost carrier celebrating the milestone that it described as proof of its bold vision, while Airbus continues pushing toward its goal to deliver around 820 aircraft in 2025.

In an event at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) on November 28, 2025, Wizz Air celebrated the delivery of its 250th aircraft, an Airbus A321neo, registered in Malta as 9H-WMR. According to Flightradar24, the aircraft was delivered on November 20, and on the same day, it was ferried from Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS) to BUD.

József Váradi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Wizz Air, remarked that the A321neo underpinned something more than just adding another aircraft to its fleet. “[…] it is a defining moment in Wizz Air’s history,” he said, adding that the delivery proved that the airline’s strategy is working.

Flightradar24 indicated that the A321neo, which has a special livery to showcase the fact that it is the 250th aircraft to be delivered to Wizz Air, should enter service later today, flying to its country of registration and its main gateway, Malta Luqa International Airport (MLA).

Planespotters.net records showed that so far in October and November, Wizz Air has welcomed a total of 11 A321neo aircraft, including two A321XLRs. It would have reached the milestone much sooner, but as it confirmed with its H1 FY26 results release, it took delivery and sold three A321neos to an aircraft lessor, which redelivered the aircraft to a “related airline.”

While the low-cost carrier used an ambiguous adjective, Aviation Flights Group, a site that tracks aircraft during their production, showed that at least two A321neo aircraft, which had a Wizz Air livery during their assembly process, were redelivered to JetSMART.

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It detailed that it had done so to adjust its near-term fleet growth “in line with its objectives.” Wizz Air also confirmed that it had revised its delivery schedule with Airbus, moving the delivery dates of 88 A321neo aircraft from this decade to through FY33 and converting 36 A321XLR delivery slots to the A321neo, leaving it with an order book of 11 A321XLRs, which includes five aircraft of the type it has already welcomed.

Nevertheless, for Airbus, that was just one of many deliveries during the month. According to AirInsight, the European planemaker has delivered at least 70 aircraft so far in November, including 54 A320neo family aircraft.

At the end of October, it had handed over 585 aircraft year-to-date (YTD), with 78 deliveries during the month, according to Airbus’ orders and deliveries filing. As a result, the manufacturer has to deliver 235 aircraft in October and November if it wants to reach its goal of “around” 820 deliveries in 2025.

That guidance has not changed throughout the year, unlike in 2024, when it was forced to adjust its delivery goal from “around” 800 to “around” 770 aircraft.