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What we compareWizz AirMalév
Country in archiveHungaryHungary
Founded2003March 29, 1946
FounderJózsef VáradiHungarian state and Soviet partners (Maszovlet)
HeadquartersBudapest, Budapest, HungaryBudapest, Budapest, Hungary
Name originThe 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.Malév 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.
HighlightsAirbus A321neo, Airbus A320, Ultra-low-cost short-haul networkIlyushin Il-18, Tupolev Tu-154, Boeing 737
Earliest archived brand logo20031946
Latest archived logo20151989
Archived logo assets23

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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