Wizz Air announces partnership with Revolut

Wizz Air has announced a new payments partnership with Revolut, the global fintech with over 50 million global customers and hundreds of thousands of business customers, bringing secure, one-click checkouts to its 60+ million customers first in-app, and coming to the website in May.

Accorsding to a press release from the airline, with Revolut Pay, Revolut’s customers have access to booking flights with Wizz Air without the need to input their payment details. By clicking Revolut Pay at check out on the Wizz Air app, and coming to the website, customers can purchase their flight in a matter of seconds, approving the payment securely via their Revolut app, protected by passcode or biometric identification.

As part of the partnership, all new Revolut users will be able to earn up to €25 back after they sign up and spend their first €5 with Revolut, until 4th July 2025. Revolut Pay customers are also able to earn RevPoints - Revolut’s loyalty programme - and redeem on Revolut Pay purchases or Wizz Air flights. (RevPoints T&Cs apply and please note that standard customers must enable the Spare Change feature to earn RevPoints on card spend, which rounds up Card transactions and converts the spare change into RevPoints at a rate of 50 points per £/€1.)

Meanwhile, from now until 4 April 2025, customers who pay for Wizz Air flights using Revolut Pay can earn 10x more RevPoints on their purchases (T&Cs apply). Last year, Wizz Air expanded its payment options on board to accept payments with Revolut cards.

Part of Revolut Business payments acceptance offer, over 1 million global customers have completed payments and over 25,000 merchants accepted payments with Revolut Pay in 2024. This comes after the launch of Revolut Terminal, which provides the option to pay with Revolut Pay built in.

Founded in 2003, Wizz Air is one of Europe’s leading airlines. Since launch, it has rapidly expanded and led the way in disrupting the competitive aviation industry, and is now operating nearly 800 routes across Europe and beyond.

Ian Malin, Chief Financial Officer at Wizz Air, added,"We're delighted to have partnered with Revolut as we look to bring even more flexibility and enhanced user experience to our customers. With Revolut, our customers are not only getting the best Wizz Air deals but are able to earn rewards to spend on their future trips and other purchases. This partnership gives 62 million Wizz Air passengers access to Revolut's disruptive fintech solutions, cheaper payment options and, ultimately, lower air fares."

Alex Codina, General Manager of Acquiring at Revolut, commented, “We are so excited to have Wizz Air on board a Revolut Pay partner and to be supporting them with making the customer journey as seamless and secure as possible from start to finish.

“Especially in the travel sector, the payment processes can be extremely complex and long. We believe this should not be the case, and partnering with trusted and innovative brands like Wizz Air allows us to keep building the future of payments in the industry together.“

It is also wroth noting that, according to CAPA – Center for Aviation Awards for Excellence 2024, Wizz Air is the most environmentally sustainable airline.