Coronavirus: Wizz Air plane lands in London in tentative return to commercial flights

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Coronavirus: Wizz Air plane lands in London in tentative return to commercial flights
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LONDON (REUTERS) - Hungarian budget carrier Wizz Air flew into London's Luton airport from Sofia on Friday (May 1), becoming one of the first European airlines to restart routes during the coronavirus pandemic.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LONDON - Hungarian budget carrier Wizz Air flew into London's Luton airport from Sofia on Friday , becoming one of the first European airlines to restart routes during the coronavirus pandemic.

But Wizz Air said last week it planned to put some of its planes back in the air for essential travel, restoring services to destinations in Romania, Budapest in Hungary, Lisbon in Portugal and Spain's Tenerife plus a few more. A person familiar with the situation said the load factor on the flights operating on Friday was was generally above 50 per cent.

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