Wizz Air Regulatory News (WIZZ)

Senior Management Update

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 13 December 2016: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air", the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces that, following a change in personal circumstances, its Chief Financial Officer, Sonia Jerez Burdeus, has today submitted her resignation in order to relocate back to Spain where she will take up another job. She will remain with the Company for her full notice period to 13 March 2017, overseeing the Company's interim management statement for the third quarter of the current financial year. The Company has started the process of recruiting a new Chief Financial Officer for the Group and will make a further announcement in due course.

Sonia Jerez Burdeus commented: "I am sad to be leaving Wizz Air as, during my time here, I have enjoyed being part of a strong, successful company and dynamic team. It is for personal reasons that I have decided to move back to my native Spain and, in the course of managing those issues, an opportunity developed which allows me to do so."

Jozsef Váradi, the Group's Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We are obviously disappointed to see Sonia Jerez leave the Company but understand that personal considerations can take precedence over professional life. We thank Sonia for her contribution and wish her well."

ABOUT WIZZ AIR 

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 74 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 480 routes from 26 bases, connecting 130 destinations across 38 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 3,000 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 20 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2016. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices. Wizz Air is registered under the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the global benchmark in airline safety recognition. The company was recently named 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the leading airline trade magazines, as well as 2016 Low Cost Airline of the Year by the Center for Aviation (CAPA), leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence.