Wizz Air launches brand new service in Budapest, warns about EU regulations

Wizz Air warns EU passenger rights reforms could raise ticket prices, even as it launches a new Budapest service allowing luggage check-in in the city centre before travel to the airport. The Hungarian low-cost carrier argues the proposed changes, agreed between the European Parliament and the Council, would shift costs onto passengers through tighter baggage rules and potentially higher delay compensation. The airline notes that the framework, created two decades ago, does not reflect current growth in air traffic and capacity constraints. Still, it supports easing rules that under-14s can sit with an accompanying adult at no extra charge. In Budapest, the airport and AirportHUB Bag Free HUB opened a city-centre luggage drop-off service.