Wizz Air to shut Doncaster base amid ‘travel squeeze’

Bloomberg

Wizz Air Holdings Plc said it will shutter its base in Doncaster, England, beginning from Friday after failing to secure guarantees over commercial terms at the airport, where it’s been flying since October 2020.
The Budapest-based discount carrier said it will cancel all Wizz UK operations from the hub, known as Doncaster Sheffield, and that pilots and cabin crew have been offered the opportunity of flying out of another base in the country.
The move will help stabilise operations at other locations in the UK, minimising disruption in light of staff shortages within air traffic control and at airports, the company said. Britain has suffered travel turmoil in the past week, with hundreds of flights canceled across a number of carriers.
Wizz said it remains committed to long-term growth in the UK and that affected passengers can rebook, get a full refund, or take a credit worth 120% of the original fare.