Wizz Air pounced on by short sellers as Iran war knocks profits March 11, 2026 Budget airline Wizz Air has been hit by a flurry of short-selling after it issued a profit warning over disruption caused by the Iran war, making it the UK’s most shorted company. The Hungarian airline, which is listed on the FTSE 250, had 9.59 per cent short interest last month but this has soared to [...]
Easyjet takes £15m hit from ‘unacceptable’ French air traffic control strikes July 17, 2025 Easyjet has revealed a hit of around £15m from recent air traffic control disruption in France as it warned the “scale of industrial action” would impact annual profits. “We are extremely unhappy with the strike action by the French ATC in early July, which as well as presenting unacceptable challenges for customers and crew also [...]
Wizz Air to pull out of Abu Dhabi and cancels all flights July 14, 2025 Wizz Air has revealed plans to pull out of Abu Dhabi and cancel all flights from the start of September. The London-listed carrier added it intends to exit its joint venture and will “focus on its core markets” in the future. Wizz Air said the move follows a “comprehensive reassessment of market dynamics, operational challenges, [...]
Ryanair axes 800 flights due to Middle East conflict July 2, 2025 Ryanair has said it axed more than 800 flights last month due to the conflict in the Middle East, even as monthly passenger traffic edged up. Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers on Wednesday reported a three per cent year-on-year increase in traffic in June to 19.9m. Wizz Air, another budget airline with high exposure [...]
Wizz Air CEO gets huge bonus despite tumbling shares and profit June 25, 2025 The chief executive of Wizz Air saw his pay take off despite the airline’s profit tumbling during its latest financial year. Jozsef Varadi took home a pay packet of €3.8m (£3.2m) for the Hungarian low-cost airline’s year to 31 March, 2025, according to its annual report. The CEO’s remuneration was boosted from the €1.3m he [...]
FTSE 100 held back by Shell and BP as pound hits three-year high June 24, 2025 The FTSE 100 edged up and the pound hit a new high as investors flocked back to risk on Tuesday, but London’s blue-chip index’s rebound was held back by the falling price of oil. The UK’s flagship index nudged up 0.3 per cent in early trading to around 8,7883. But significant gains were held back [...]
Wizz Air: Shares tank as profit tumbles June 5, 2025 Wizz Air reported a hefty drop in annual profit as it grapples with long-running supply chain issues and conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East. Shares tanked 22.7 per cent as markets opened on Thursday. Annual operating profit fell 51.7 per cent year-on-year to €167.5m (£141m), below analyst expectations, even as passenger traffic hit a [...]
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary qualifies for monster €100m bonus May 29, 2025 Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary is set for a monster €100m (£84.2m) bonus after the Irish airline’s shares hit a key performance target. Shares in Ryanair closed at €23.74 on Thursday, marking the 28th consecutive day the stock has closed above €21 – the target O’Leary was set as part of a 2019 incentive scheme. [...]
Easyjet is ‘significantly undervalued,’ says Peel Hunt May 29, 2025 Easyjet shares edged up on Thursday alongside a bullish earnings outlook from Peel Hunt for the year ahead. “We believe Easyjet is significantly undervalued,” analysts at Peel Hunt said in a note, with shares rising around 2.8 per cent by mid-morning. Sustained travel demand has underpinned the budget airline’s growth and is yet to tail [...]
Wizz Air: Why airline faces lengthy spell of turbulence February 4, 2025 Wizz Air is facing some turbulence. Despite enjoying its busiest ever year of passenger traffic in 2024, the Hungarian budget carrier can’t seem to turnaround an ailing share price. The stock is down more than 40 per cent over the last 12 months and fell a further three per cent on Monday after analysts at [...]