Wizz Air Abu Dhabi LLC is an Emirati scheduled

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based at

Abu Dhabi International Airport Abu Dhabi International Airport ( ar, مطار أبو ظبي الدولي) is an international airport in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The airport, located east of Abu Dhabi city, is the second largest in ...

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. The airline is a joint venture with state-owned ADQ (formerly, Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, ADDH), which owns 51 percent with Wizz Air Holdings owning the remaining 49 percent. Flights began in November 2020 with two Airbus A321neo aircraft, rising to 50 over the next few years.

History

On 12 December 2019, it was announced by

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that it would be setting up a new subsidiary, based at

, offering low cost flights from the airport to tap into growth markets across the

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and the

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. In July 2020, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi announced its initial route network, launching 6 destinations from its base in Abu Dhabi. In an interview, Jozsef Váradi, CEO of Wizz Air said that the airline's fleet could grow to 100 aircraft in the next 15 years. The

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destined for

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took off from Abu Dhabi International Airport on January 15, 2021. The second route started between Abu Dhabi and Thessaloniki on February 4, 2021.

Fleet

As of December 2022, the Wizz Air Abu Dhabi fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Destinations

As of January 2023, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi serves these destinations: Countries served by Wizz Air from the UAE

These destinations from the UAE are flown by the sister subsidiary Wizz Air Hungary (W6) and not from Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (5W): *Sofia *Bucharest *Budapest *Cluj *Katowice *Kraków *Vienna *Bari *Catania *Naples *Rome *Milan

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* {{Airlines of the United Arab Emirates Airlines of the United Arab Emirates Airlines established in 2019 Low-cost carriers Emirati companies established in 2019