Wizz Air Chief Calls for Europe-Wide Coordination on Bomb Threats
Varadi said 14 Wizz Air flights were hit last week as emailed threats fueled calls for a coordinated European security response.
- On Thursday, Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi urged Europe to adopt a more harmonized security approach and establish a coordinated body to combat 'hybrid warfare' following a recent series of bomb threats.
- Bomb threats have disrupted travel, schools, and newsrooms across Europe this month, with officials linking the hoaxes to a campaign of 'hybrid' disruptions that many have blamed on Russia.
- Wizz Air received hoax bomb alerts for 14 flights across Europe last week and had to divert two aircraft as a result of threats sent via email to airports and airlines.
- Varadi recently met with the European Commission to address the issue but acknowledged the challenge, calling the matter a 'hot potato' because countries resist conceding sovereign control.
- Europe must 'level up responsibilities against a threat like this,' Varadi said, noting that airlines from Central Europe face higher exposure to hybrid threats than Western carriers.
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Europe needs a more harmonised approach to security and a body to lead it in the fight against "hybrid war", following a recent series of bomb threats, said Thursday the director general of the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air, according to Reuters. Bomb threats have disrupted traffic, redactions...
European airports ask for public funds to protect themselves from hybrid threats
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Wizz Air chief calls for Europe-wide coordination on bomb threats
By Gianluca Lo Nostro and Yamini KaliaNov 12 (Reuters) - Europe needs a more harmonised approach to security and a body to lead it against "hybrid warfare" following a recent series of bomb threats, the CEO of Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air said on Thursday.Bomb threats have disrupted travel, newsrooms and schools across Europe in November, with the latest alert temporarily disrupting train services in northern France on Thursday morning.
ACI EUROPE today called for public funds to strengthen airport security due to increased threats to European aviation, including recent bomb threats.
According to József Váradi, the European Union should jointly fight the threats that disrupt aviation.
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