Wizz Air standing up in a crisis The leadership and crisis management team at Wizz Air are empowered to take the actions needed to protect and help people where possible . An example of this is offering free tickets to those fleeing the war in Ukraine , to help support refugees to reach a safe place : “ We can continue to transport them around Europe on our network , if they need to evacuate or flee Ukraine ,” said Nadas .
Wizz Air was also proactive in providing financial assistance by offering free seats available for Ukrainian refugees to book on all continental Europe flights departing from Ukraine ’ s border countries ( Poland , Slovakia , Hungary , Romania ). The airline is continuing to provide support by partnering with notfor-profit organisations Choose Love , The Shapiro Foundation , The Steve Morgan Foundation and USPUK , to offer 10,000 free tickets for Ukrainian refugees to travel from Ukraine ’ s neighbouring countries ( Bulgaria , Hungary , Poland , Romania and Slovakia ) to the UK , in support of the UK Government ‘ Homes for Ukraine ’ visa scheme .
“ Our crisis management team , who has been working 24 / 7 , since the conflict started , needs information as they are constantly making decisions .
“ Recently , we ' ve had to make some very rapid cybersecurity decisions and information privacy decisions to do things like opening up WhatsApp , to open up Telegram , to get us more connected , not just with our own ecosystem , but with the whole world , because we are part of a large ecosystem . By being a responsible global citizen as a company , we become a better partner in reacting to this as a unified member of the EU and of the world ,” he added .
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