Wizz said that it had acquired 15 pairs of take-off and landing slots at Gatwick from Norwegian, the all-but-bust Scandinavian carrierWizz Air, which is taking on Ryanair and easyJet in the discount European short-haul market, has won take-off rights at Gatwick in a move that is likely to fire up an era of cut-throat competition at Britain’s second airport. The carrier said it had acquired 15 pairs of take-off and landing slots from Norwegian, the Scandinavian carrier that was Gatwick’s third-largest operator before being brought to its knees before the pandemic and retrenching to its original regional Nordic market. SponsoredFrom next spring Wizz will base five aircraft and employ 210 staff at Gatwick where it hopes to start growing a substantial presence. Wizz and Gatwick are lobbying the government hard over the reinstatement of strict use-it-or-lose-it rules in which airlines have to operate a proportion

Source: The Times December 22, 2021 22:48 UTC