Wizz Air to trial business class offering from December — without the expensive price tag

Dream of stepping on a plane and turning left? Well now, Wizz Air is giving those on a budget a taste of the business class life.

The low-cost airline is set to trial Wizz Class, which will give a few perks for those willing to spend more.

In particular, passengers will be able to block out the middle seat, offering more space – and no fighting for that arm rest.

Speaking at a press conference this week, where the airline shared details of their transformation plan, the carrier’s chief commercial officer, Michael Delehant, said the trial could begin as early December 2025.

While it’s exciting news for regular Wizz flyers, the airline actually doesn’t have particularly small seats. At 18in wide, they’re the same as the likes of British Airways and Emirates.

‘I don’t expect us to have half the aircraft blocked,’ said Delehant. ‘But as we’re moving more and more with business passengers, they’re requesting a little bit more.’

And that’s not all. Delehant also added that these travellers have asked for extra leg room, as well as allowances for ‘getting on and off the aircraft quickly, with a little more space to do work.’

The airline revealed that the Wizz Class would therefore involve the front row of seats and may include perks like priority boarding.

While there is currently no detail on how the middle seats can be blocked off for Wizz Class travellers the airline did say it would not be on every flight, trialing on five routes, including London, Bucharest, Warsaw, Rome and Budapest, and only available when there is demand.

Crucially, there isn’t much information on cost right now either, but Wizz said it’s aimed at travellers who ‘don’t want to spend the first class price, the business class price.’

And Wizz isn’t the only airline attempting to lure travellers with deeper pockets.

In October, Virgin revealed it would be giving passengers the chance to bid for a vacant seat next to them, ahead of time.

Aptly named ‘neighbour-free seating,’ those travelling on both domestic and short-haul international Virgin Australia flights could file their bid on the app at the time booking, with a minimum $30 (£14.73)  required.

Successful bidders would receive an email before the flight – at the very latest, two hours before the plane is due to take off.

At the event in London this week, Wizz also confirmed the return of their All You Can Fly membership deal.

The scheme promises unlimited flights to 200 destinations in over 50 countries, for a flat fee of £8.27 (€9.99) per booking.

It’s the third time the airline has offered the deal – despite backlash from environmentalists who say it encourages excessive travel.

Others complained that they found it impossible to book any flights to destinations including the scheme.

Previously, Metro put these claim to Wizz, who said in December 2024: ‘Since the initial launch of the membership back in August [2024], our data shows that availability has not been an issue for the vast majority of All You Can Fly members, who have been able to find availability on their preferred flights over 90% of the time. The membership is a brilliant way for spontaneous travellers to fly to WIZZ destinations at any time.

‘However, as clearly stated in the Terms and Conditions of the membership, each flight is subject to availability, and as such we cannot guarantee availability for members for every single flight. The details of this can be found on the All You Can Fly website.’

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