LONDON – Wizz Air has announced Diarmuid Ó Conghaile will be the Managing Director of the soon to be established Wizz Air Malta. He will take the role on 1st November 2022.
We are delighted to welcome Diarmuid in this newly created Officer role at Wizz Air. We look forward to benefiting from his industry experience and leadership skills. His role as Managing Director of Wizz Air Malta will be instrumental for delivering our next phase of growth in the coming years.
József Váradi, Group Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air
Ó Conghaile’s has senior leadership experience inside of Ryanair and Dublin Airport. More recently, he has worked as an Aviation Regulator inside of the Irish Aviation Authority.
I am delighted to be joining the Wizz Air team in the role of Managing Director of the new group airline Wizz Air Malta and I look forward to building its network and operations, as well as supporting Wizz Air’s wider strategic business plans going forward. WIZZ is a major player in European aviation with a compelling strategy for the future.
Diarmuid Ó Conghaile, Managing Director of Wizz Air Malta
Maltese Expansion
Wizz is not the first carrier to expand in to having a Maltese division alongside their other subsidiaries and main airline. Ryanair set up Air Malta, a collaboration between Ryanair and the Maltese Government in June 2019.
Wizz Air Malta is at the cusp of an exciting journey and the establishment of this new subsidiary will help to reinforce Wizz Air’s strong position and support its ambitious expansion plans in Europe.
József Váradi, Group Chief Executive Officer of Wizz Air
