About Wizz Air
Wizz Air is a Polish/Hungarian low-cost airline focusing on the markets of Central Europe. Its main bases are Budapest Ferihegy International Airport (Hungary) , Katowice International Airport (Poland), Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (Poland) and Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport (Poland) with hub at Sofia Airport (Bulgaria).

History The airline was established in September 2003, founded by a team of six people. The lead investor is Indigo Partners, an American private equity firm specializing in transportation investments. The first flight took off on 19 May 2004 from Katowice*[1], 19 days after Poland and Hungary entered the European Union and the single European aviation market. The airline carried 250,000 passengers in its first three and a half months, almost 1.4 million passengers in the first year of operations and to date, 5 million passengers.
The airline's CEO and chairman is József Váradi, former CEO of Malév Hungarian Airlines. The company is registered in London with operating subsidiaries in Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria. Wizz Air Bulgaria was established in September 2005 [1]. 2007, Wizz Air plan to establish a new operating base in Zagreb, Croatia.
Wizzair has been voted the best low-fare airline in Poland by the readers of pasazer.com, the largest travel news portal in Poland.
József Váradi, Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air won the Ernst & Young award of the 'Brave Innovator' in 2007. The price recognized the break through in the airline business in Hungary and the region, the revolutionary business model that changed the way people see flying in CEE today and the prudence and excellence of business conduct of Wizz Air.