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Infrastructure: European Union Aviation Safety Agency notified with respect to Wizz Air flights in Romania
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has been informed about the issue of flights operated by Wizz Air from Romania, in order to implement the relevant legislation, Bogdan Mindrescu, secretary of state with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, posted on his Facebook page on Saturday.
"Today we had a series of concrete discussions regarding flight cancellations, operating delays and the situation of Wizz Air company passengers in Romania. (...) I officially informed Wizz Air representatives that I have informed the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (this body is also the one that licensed the airline) to quickly implement the relevant legislation, considering that Wizz Air canceled 9 flights in one day for technical reasons. I urgently asked the management of Wizz Air a plan of concrete measures to reduce the number of flights canceled for technical reasons and to ensure the consistency of air flights, also solving the problem of flight personnel who work over the allowed time limit," noted Mindrescu.
According to him, the meeting was attended by Yvonne Moynihan, Chief Corporate Officer at Wizz Air Group, Zsuzsanna Poss, Chief Communications and Customer Officer at Wizz Air Group and Diarmuind O Conghaile, Managing Director at Wizz Air Malta.
The head of the Romanian National Authority for Consumer Protection, Horia Constantinescu, informed the Wizz Air representatives that he had notified the European authority for the passenger rights regarding the situations generated in our country by Wizz Air.
"We informed the management of Wizz Air that we will monitor them carefully and we warn them, at the same time, that we will not tolerate any deviation from the international and national regulations in the field of aviation," added the state secretary.
He stated that, following the notification submitted by AACR (the Romanian Civil Aviation Authority) to EASA, the European agency, as the issuer of the air operator certificates held by Wizz Air Hungary and Wizz Air Malta, will carry out checks/inspections at those two operators.
"Depending on the reported and identified deficiencies, it can be decided to impose a plan to eliminate non-conformities and monitor their implementation. The maximum penalty, in case of serious deficiencies, can be suspension or revocation of AOCs (air operator certificates), in which case Wizz Air will no longer be able to operate until the deficiencies are remedied. This case is unlikely. It should be noted that only the AOC is issued by EASA. The operating licenses are issued by the states where the Company has its headquarters, namely Malta and Hungary. The license is suspended automatically when an operator no longer has a valid AOC," mentioned the state secretary.