Wizz Air saw its operating profit rise by 25.8% in the first six months of the financial year, increasing from €349.2 million ($405.6 million) in 2024 to €439.2 ($510.3 million) in 2025.
According to József Váradi, CEO of Wizz Air, between April and September 2025, the airline “made a number of significant business decisions” to support its longer-term strategic objectives.
These included closing the Wizz Air Abu Dhabi base on September 1, 2025, and initiating the closure of its Vienna base, which is expected to be completed by March 2026.
“These actions reflect our pivot away from high-cost locations to the opening of new bases at lower cost airports, including at Bratislava, Tuzla, Podgorica, Yerevan and Warsaw (Modlin), which will deliver operational cost savings going forward,” explained Váradi on November 13, 2025.
Perhaps more significantly, Wizz Air also optimized its “aircraft delivery stream in order to target medium-term capacity growth at a more sustainable 10-12 per cent per annum”.
In June 2025, Wizz Air predicted capacity growth of around 20% for financial year 2026.
“This encompasses the deferment of 88 Airbus deliveries from this decade to the next, while we have also sold 3 A321neos this year. Our order book, which now extends to 2033, remains a strategic asset, differentiating Wizz Air by securing stable and competitively priced capacity growth for years to come,” said Váradi.
He added: “Our first half financial results reflect the increased capacity year-on-year deployed over the summer season. During the period both operational and commercial improvements were made, with further actions planned in the months ahead.”
While the company reported total revenue of €3.3 billion, up 9% over last year, the full year outlook suggested Wizz Air expects a small percent year-over-year drop in revenue per seat kilometer for both the second half and the whole fiscal 2026.
Net profit in the first six months saw a 2.6% increase from €315.2 million ($366.2 million) last year to €323.5 million ($375.9 million) in 2025.
According to Reuters, Wizz Air shares rose 16% following publication of its latest financial results.
Engines and aircraft deliveries
As of September 30, 2025, Wizz Air had 35 aircraft grounded due to GTF engine-related inspections – an improvement over this summer when the grounded fleet was comprised of 41 aircraft.
“For the next fiscal year, we expect GTF engine-related aircraft groundings to reduce to a range of 25-30 aircraft,” added Váradi.
Wizz Air is expecting a further 16 engines to be delivered in the next six months, providing a total spare engine fleet of around 100 engines to support operations for the start of summer 2026.
In the six months of the financial year, Wizz Air took delivery of 16 new A321neo aircraft, three new A321neo XLRs and redelivered seven A320ceo aircraft,
The period ended with a total fleet of 243 aircraft including 30 A320ceo, 41 A321ceo, 6 A320neo, 163 A321neo and 3 A321XLR.
