Pentagon’s FY26 defence budget proposal is $130 billion more than US Congress plans to provide
The House Committee on Appropriations approved a FY2026 bill reducing investments in main defence programmes.
Wizz Air traffic up 33% in 2009
Wizz Air carried 7.8 million passengers in 2009 representing 33% growth year-over-year.
Last year the company opened a new base in Prague, taking its total to eleven bases in Central and Eastern Europe, and took delivery of seven new aircraft bringing the fleet to 27 Airbus A320s. The airline also launched 40 new routes, resulting in a network of 147 destinations.
“Wizz Air’s has been one of the fastest growing airlines in the world over the recent years. It will continue to be the case in 2010 when we will be opening new operating bases, launching new routes, adding more capacity and carrying over 10 million passengers,” said József Váradi, chief executive officer of Wizz Air.
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