Wizz Air is downsizing at London Gatwick in order to cut costs.
It will start shifting Gatwick flights to its base at London Luton.
“Gatwick is expensive and we have been operating an inferior set of slots there. We think that we can enhance financial performance by operating that capacity from Luton,” said CEO József Váradi.
The airline said it will begin by shifting one aircraft from Gatwick to Luton.
That will take the number of Luton based aircraft to 13 with seven remaining at Gatwick.
Wizz Air’s current schedule at Gatwick includes routes to Budapest, Prague, Rome Malaga and Antalya.
“We are simply more efficient financially in Luton,” Váradi added.
The change will see the suspension of the Gatwick to Athens route from December 15.
It comes as Jet2 announced a new airport base at London Gatwick starting next spring.
It has secured slots for six aircraft.
