Wizz Air has cut every scheduled flight to 20 airports, with nothing on the books from November 2026 through next summer. The list runs from big names like Vienna, Brussels and Riga to niche routes such as Samarkand, Sohag and Salalah — and it reshapes where budget travellers can reach the airline's Central and Eastern European network.
The biggest exit is Vienna. Wizz first flew there in 2018, opened a base that same year, and at its peak carried up to 3.5 million two-way seats a year, with 88 destinations served from the Austrian capital over its tenure. Vienna was the group's fourth-largest airport in 2020; by 2025 it had slid to 18th. The exit also ends one of Europe's fiercest low-cost rivalries: Wizz and Ryanair (via Lauda) combined for 9.8 million seats at VIE in 2024, about 28% of short-haul capacity. Note that Ryanair still flies to Vienna — you just can't do it on Wizz any more.
Other notable cuts: Brussels Airport, dropped in favour of cheaper Charleroi (where Wizz keeps 17 routes); Riga, served since 2010 with 22 routes at its height; Salzburg, Girona and Leipzig; and Glasgow, where the airline shifted from Prestwick years ago. The August 2025 wave alone axed seven cities, mostly in Central Asia and the Middle East — Almaty, Astana, Tashkent, Bishkek, Dammam, Salalah and Asyut.
One of the shortest-lived routes was also one of the most unusual: Wizz Air UK flew daily from London Gatwick to Medina between August 2025 and April 2026, using the long-range A321XLR and propped up by Saudi Arabia's Air Connectivity Program incentives. It was the only scheduled UK service to the pilgrimage city and the group's third-longest route at the time.
The cuts come despite Wizz growing overall — its units averaged 1,162 daily flights in October 2026, up 20% year on year, with a young 270-strong Airbus fleet. But 41 aircraft (15%) are grounded by engine issues, and the airline's A321neo-heavy operation, averaging 228 seats per flight, makes thin routes expensive to keep alive. For travellers, the practical upshot: if a Wizz route you relied on has vanished, check whether a nearby secondary airport (Charleroi instead of Brussels, for instance) still has service before booking alternatives.
