Wizz Air Shares Slump After Pretax Loss Widens on Higher Costs
Wizz Air booked a 160 million-euro charge related to foreign-exchange volatility, and said it has approved a hedging program to help mitigate this in future. Revenue rose to 1.18 billion euros from 1.06 billion euros, with ancillary revenue up 7.8% to 550.7 million euros. Passenger ticket revenue increased 13% to 626.2 million euros.