Wizz Air Improves Punctuality despite Record Number of Flights

Wizz Air improved all of its key punctuality indicators this summer, even as it operated more flights and carried more passengers than ever before, the Budapest-headquartered airline revealed on Thursday.

Between May and August 2025, Wizz Air carried over 2.6 million passengers in Hungary, a 13% increase compared to the same period last year. Over those four months, the airline operated nearly 12,000 flights from Budapest and Debrecen. Despite the increased number of flights, there were no major delays, they noted.

The airline’s on-time performance — which measures punctual departures and arrivals — improved by over 63% in Hungary compared to the same period last year.

Roughly 70% of Wizz Air flights took off within 15 minutes of their scheduled time. The share of delays exceeding three hours was only 0.5% during this period. These longer delays typically occur when the airline takes extra measures to avoid canceling a flight, ensuring passengers can still reach their destination.

Most flight cancellations this summer were due to the crisis in the Middle East and resulting airspace restrictions, they noted. Beyond these, Wizz Air canceled just six flights affecting Hungary, mainly due to a strike by French air traffic controllers and the temporary closure of Birmingham Airport.

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Punctuality improved across its entire network, not just in Hungary, reads the low-cost airline’s press release. On average, one Wizz Air aircraft took off every 90 seconds. In July alone, the airline operated 1,000 flights per day, carrying over 200,000 passengers daily. That month, it completed 99.8% of its scheduled flights — the best performance in Europe. Between May and August, nearly 24.5 million passengers flew with Wizz Air on approximately 120,000 flights.

HungaroControl, Hungary’s air navigation service provider, played a key role in the improved performance by providing significantly more air traffic control capacity than last year.

This included both terminal operations (for takeoffs and landings) and high-altitude airspace management (for overflights). As a result, even with a 5% increase in southeast Europe-bound traffic, the region — including Hungary — saw a notable boost in efficiency. Eurocontrol, the European air traffic coordination body, highlighted HungaroControl’s performance in its latest report.

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