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Wizz Air chief urges Europe to coordinate response to bomb threats
Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi urged Europe to coordinate its response to a recent wave of bomb threats.
The threats have disrupted travel, newsrooms and schools across Europe, including train services in northern France.
Wizz Air received hoax alerts for 14 flights last week, and two aircraft were diverted.
Varadi said he had recently raised the issue with the European Commission and called for a body to lead a more coordinated security effort.
He said countries may resist shared action because they do not want to give up national control.
The sender and origin of the emails remain unknown, and it is unclear whether the threats came from one source.
European officials have raised concern that the disruptions could be part of a wider campaign of hybrid attacks, which many blame on Russia; Moscow denies involvement.
Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi urged Europe to coordinate its response to bomb threats that have disrupted travel and other services.
He called for a more harmonised security approach and a body to lead efforts against what he described as hybrid warfare.
Wizz Air received hoax bomb alerts for 14 flights across Europe last week and diverted two aircraft.
Varadi said he had recently met with the European Commission to urge coordinated action.
He said national sovereignty made coordination difficult, as countries were reluctant to concede authority.
- Who
- Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi called for a coordinated response.
- What
- He urged Europe to harmonise its security response to bomb threats and establish a body to lead efforts against hybrid warfare.
- When
- He made the comments on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
- Where
- The threats affected travel and other services across Europe.
- Why
- Varadi said Europe needed to address threats he linked to hybrid warfare; he said national sovereignty made coordination difficult.
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Bomb threats disrupted travel, newsrooms and schools across Europe.
Wizz Air received hoax bomb alerts for 14 flights and diverted two aircraft.
A bomb alert temporarily disrupted train services in northern France.
Varadi said he had recently met with the European Commission and urged coordinated action.
- Wizz Air CEO
- Jozsef Varadi
- Wizz Air alerts
- 14 flights across Europe last week
- Aircraft diverted
- 2
- Latest reported disruption
- Train services in northern France
- Proposed response
- A more harmonised European security approach and a body to lead it
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What people are saying
I personally had a meeting with the European Commission very recently, trying to address this issue and urging these people to act together and find ways of getting coordinated
But this is a very hot potato because of the sovereign nation state concept, and no country wants to concede on this matter
I think Europe needs to think about this, how to level up responsibilities against a threat like this
We are an airline originating from Central Europe, we are probably closest to any of these hybrid warfare exposures than any of the Western airlines