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What we compareMalévWizz Air
Country in archiveHungaryHungary
FoundedMarch 29, 19462003
FounderHungarian state and Soviet partners (Maszovlet)József Váradi
HeadquartersBudapest, Budapest, HungaryBudapest, Budapest, Hungary
Name originMalév is an acronym of Magyar Légiközlekedési Vállalat, meaning Hungarian Air Transport Company. The airline began in 1946 as Maszovlet and took the Malév name in 1954.The sources used here do not explain where the name Wizz comes from. Wikipedia only notes that the company is stylized as W!ZZ, so the origin of the word is treated as undocumented.
HighlightsIlyushin Il-18, Tupolev Tu-154, Boeing 737Airbus A321neo, Airbus A320, Ultra-low-cost short-haul network
Earliest archived brand logo19462003
Latest archived logo19892015
Archived logo assets32

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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