Wizz Air calls for ‘accelerated lifting’ of Covid controls after €576m loss

European budget airline says 2021 will be transition year' as travel curbs linger

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The European budget airline Wizz Air plunged to a 576m annual loss as it warned 2021 would be a transition year" with further losses to come until travel restrictions are fully lifted.

The carrier's revenue slumped by 73% in the 12 months to the end of March, the period covering the first year of Covid-19, and it carried 10m passengers, a 75% fall compared with a year earlier.