Wizz Air has announced that, during the summer 2026 season, it will operate its largest-ever schedule from the United Kingdom, with 104 routes to 77 destinations, including 89 routes from two airports in London.
On March 31, 2026, Wizz Air confirmed its largest-ever summer schedule from the UK, operating more than 104 routes to 77 destinations. 89 of those routes will originate at either London Luton Airport (LTN, 69) or London Gatwick Airport (LGW, 20), providing extensive connectivity to Europe and beyond, including the most popular holiday destinations in Spain and Greece.
Yvonne Moynihan, the Managing Director of Wizz Air UK, commented that the airline’s customers told it what they wanted, including “more sunshine, more choice, and unbeatable value,” noting that the low-cost carrier listened to the feedback.
“As the UK’s favourite pink airline, we’re stepping up while others step back, launching more routes, more flights and even better prices to Europe’s most loved destinations.”
According to Cirium’s Diio Mi, compared to the summer 2025 season, the low-cost carrier’s total departures and departing capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASKs), will increase by 1% and 2.2%, respectively, during the summer 2026 season, which runs from March 29 to October 24.
The airline will operate flights to 17 new destinations from the UK, which were not on its route map during the summer 2025 season, per Cirium’s Diio Mi.
During the airline’s Q3 FY26 earnings call on January 29, József Váradi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Wizz Air, briefly talked about the UK market in general, remarking that the carrier sees “continuously rising demand for our products,” adding that Wizz Air’s performance in the country is improving “very significantly.”
The performance improved after it had cut “some of the questionable capacity” and resized its operation at LGW. “We are already into growth mode [at LTN], I think we are stabilizing our [LGW] performance,” the CEO continued, noting that, however, Wizz Air is stuck at LTN since the airport has “all sorts of reconstruction issues and passenger limits.”
LGW, meanwhile, is in the right place in terms of the balance of capacity and demand, Váradi added, concluding that as far as Wizz Air is concerned, “UK remains an investable market.”
According to Airport Coordination Limited’s (ACL) initial coordination reports for LTN and LGW, Wizz Air received 18% and 47% of its requested new slots for the summer 2026 season, respectively.
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