{"id":237730,"date":"2026-04-10T04:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/wizz-air-jets-in-as-official-airline-partner-for-ultimate-championship-athletics-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:54:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:54:02","slug":"wizz-air-jets-in-as-official-airline-partner-for-ultimate-championship-athletics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/wizz-air-jets-in-as-official-airline-partner-for-ultimate-championship-athletics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizz Air jets in as Official Airline Partner for Ultimate Championship\u00a0 &#8211; Athletics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Wizz Air, Central and Eastern Europe\u2019s leading airline, has been announced as the Official Airline Partner for the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship, bringing its reach and momentum to one of the most exciting new events in global sport.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taking place from 11-13 September in Budapest, the groundbreaking championship will see Wizz Air play a central role in powering transportation logistics \u2013 helping the world\u2019s best athletes arrive ready to compete at the highest level.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the excitement, every ultimate champion will receive travel vouchers, opening the door to destinations across the airline\u2019s extensive network. The partnership was officially signed at Wizz Air\u2019s headquarters in central Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be announcing Wizz Air as the official airline for the first-ever World Athletics Ultimate Championship,\u201d said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe. \u201cThis event will put the best athletes in the world front and centre. We\u2019re pleased that Hungary\u2019s largest airline will be playing a significant role in the success of the Ultimate as it comes to Budapest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bal\u00e1zs F\u00fcrjes, the co-chair of the organising committee emphasised: \u201cBudapest is a global sport capital. The passionate, sport-loving Hungarian fans have witnessed 30 major international competitions of 25 summer Olympic sports in the last seven years, and we are delighted to host the pioneering Ultimate Championship, welcoming the best of the best athletes in the world. We proudly share this historic moment with Wizz Air, Central and Eastern Europe\u2019s No.1 airline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a fleet of more than 260 aircraft and a network spanning over 1,000 routes to nearly 200 airports, Wizz Air connects tens of millions of passengers across Europe and beyond. Since its first flight in 2004, the airline has carried more than 500 million passengers, continuing its mission to make travel more accessible through safe, efficient and reliable service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly proud to partner with the World Athletics Ultimate Championship and the local organising committee as the official airline of this landmark event,\u201d said Silvia Mosquera, Commercial Officer at Wizz Air. \u201cAs an airline committed to connecting people, we\u2019re excited to help bring the world\u2019s best athletes to our home city of Budapest. This partnership reflects our dedication to excellence, connectivity, positivity and inspiring energy \u2013 values shared by both Wizz Air and this world\u2011class competition, especially in how we reach and energise global audiences. Let\u2019s WIZZ!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.athletics.co.ke\/wizz-air-jets-in-as-official-airline-partner-for-ultimate-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wizz Air, Central and Eastern Europe\u2019s leading airline, has been announced as the Official Airline Partner for the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship, bringing its reach and momentum to one of the most exciting new events in global sport.\u00a0 Taking place from 11-13 September in Budapest, the groundbreaking championship will see Wizz Air play a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-237730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}