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A new service offered by Wizz Air is aimed at the business market, but is suitable for anyone who likes a little more space when they fly and hates being sat next to a stranger on the plane

Wizz Air has launched a new upgrade that’ll allow passengers to have a business-class experience on a budget, it has claimed.

WIZZ Class is now available to book on selected European routes, and offers passengers the chance to have an empty middle seat next to them during their flight.

Available to passengers sitting in the front row of the plane, when selecting WIZZ Class one of the middle seats – either 1B or 1E – will be kept empty. This means you can stretch out a bit during your flight and don’t need to worry about being seated next to a stranger.

WIZZ Class can be added to Smart and Plus bundles when booking online, and in addition to the benefits that come with these bundles, passengers will get a 10kg carry-on case, priority boarding, a non-alcoholic drink and a snack included.

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The upgrade is available to book on selected flights both to and from Budapest, Bucharest Otopeni, Warsaw, London Luton, London Gatwick, and Rome Fiumicino with the Hungarian budget airline.

What’s not clear currently is how much the service will cost. The Mirror has contacted Wizz Air for clarity on this point.

Silvia Mosquera, commercial officer at Wizz Air, said: “Business travel is growing across our network, and we’ve listened to what our passengers want. They’re asking for a bit more space and speed, but they don’t want to pay legacy airline prices for business class. WIZZ Class answers that demand—offering passengers the room they crave and the service they deserve, without compromising our simple, convenient model.”

In recent months, Wizz Air also announced the return of its All You Can Fly scheme, which, for a one-time yearly fee, allows frequent flyers to travel on its network for a small booking fee per flight.

All You Can Fly costs €499.99 per year, about £432, with each flight segment costing €9.99 (approximately £8.65) for the booking fee. However, passengers can only view the available flights on this plan three days in advance, making it more suitable for travellers who are spontaneous and have a flexible schedule.

The airline also offers Wizz Multipass, which costs from £59.99 per month. There is a limited number of these subscriptions available, and they’re currently sold out. Subscribers to this service can travel once a month on selected flights, and unlike the All You Can Fly options, passengers can choose to include luggage in their plan.

Wizz Air has also recently announced six new routes from its base at London Luton Airport, taking over slots previously held by TUI following the German airline’s cessation of operations at the airport.

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New direct flights were added to Yerevan, Alicante, Lyon, Corfu, Faro, and Turin from the Bedfordshire airport. This brought the airline’s total routes from Luton to 39, with flights across Europe, as well as direct and connecting routes to the Middle East.

Its new route to Yerevan also represented the UK’s first direct route to Armenia, opening up the country to British tourists who in the past would have needed to take a connecting flight to explore it.

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The user, who posts on the video sharing platform under the username Khoslaa, admitted she was worried about getting caught, and eventually altered her plan after a suprising complaint

Booking a holiday can be exciting. You wait months for the day to arrive when you have to travel to the airport and something about that whole experience is exhilarating. Now one woman who was travelling via Heathrow airport couldn’t believe what happened when she attempted to take 2 litres of liquids onto the plane.

Now posting on TikTok, the traveller tried her luck despite for years the limit being just one twentieth of that amount. That’s because at several UK airports the rule has actually been removed, meaning passengers can now take water bottles, toiletries and other liquids on board without worrying about having them confiscated.

The user, who posts on the video sharing platform under the username Khoslaa, admitted she was worried about the test, noticing there was a heightened security presence that day, as well as more travellers than she was used to.

Incredibly, the influencer failed at the first hurdle, deciding to ditch her 2L bottle and instead try the experiment with a 125ml bottle of hairspray, claiming she was finding the extra volume “too heavy”.

Despite not seeing any signs saying the rule had been changed, Khoslaa bravely decided to plough on though she felt “nervous”, even going as far as ignoring a ‘no camera’ sign in order to record her experiment.

At the moment of truth, Kholslaa watched on as her bag rolled through the X-ray scanners, in footage that can only be described as totally gripping.

And the result? Success! both Kholslaa and her hairspray made it through unscathed, although whether this was due to the new rule being followed, or British Transport Police taking their eye off the ball, it’s hard to know.

The reactions to the video were mixed, with many confused as to how she managed to slip through airport security despite apparently breaking the rules. One questioned: “Flying in terminal 4 still 100ml?” While another pointed out that although Heathrow’s X-Ray machines don’t require you to take the liquid out of your bag, they still need to be under 100ml.

A third user joked that returning to the UK with the potential contraband may be tricky, writing “Good luck coming back with it tho.”

The Heathrow 100ml liquid rule requires all liquids, gels, creams, pastes, and aerosols in hand luggage to be in containers of 100ml (3.4oz) or less, fitting into one clear, resealable plastic bag (approx. 20cm x 20cm) for security screening.

While some airports have upgraded scanners allowing larger quantities to stay in bags, Heathrow (at time of writing) still enforces the traditional 100ml rule for most passengers, requiring the bag to be removed from hand luggage for X-ray.

As it stands, flights from Birmingham and Edinburgh are the only ones upon which passengers can bring the increased amount.