Buzz is a Polish airline headquartered in

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. Formerly called Ryanair Sun, it is a subsidiary of the Irish airline company

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Holdings and a sister airline to Ryanair DAC,

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and Lauda Europe. Formed in 2017 and initially positioned as a

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without any scheduled services, Buzz operates scheduled flights on behalf of Ryanair, and charter flights in its own right, out of Poland. In March 2019, Ryanair announced that Ryanair Sun would be rebranded as Buzz in autumn 2019. Buzz commenced operations in January 2020.

History

Initial operations as charter airline

On 3 April 2018, the carrier received an

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granted by the Polish Civil Aviation Authority. It started operations on 23 April 2018 and the first flight took place on 26 April 2018, on the route from Poznań–Ławica Airport to

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. In Poznan and Wroclaw the carrier will use the infrastructure of already existing bases, while in Katowice and Warsaw new ones were created. Representatives of the carrier announced that all five aircraft in the Ryanair Sun fleet would receive Polish registration numbers. During summer 2018, Ryanair Sun operated one own Boeing 737-800 registered as SP-RSA. The aircraft was employed on charter flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport.

Operations on behalf of Ryanair mainline

In September 2018, Ryanair announced the closure of its own Polish bases by 1 January 2019. Operations were to be transferred to Ryanair Sun, meaning Ryanair Sun would operate on behalf of its parent company. In late October 2018, the then-only Ryanair Sun aircraft SP-RSA ceased charter operations out of Warsaw Chopin. The aircraft subsequently replaced Ryanair mainline capacity out of

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, now operating scheduled services on behalf of its parent company. Starting from November 2018, several former Ryanair-operated Boeing 737 were moved from the Irish to the Polish registry and now operated by Ryanair Sun on behalf of its parent companies scheduled flights out of Poland.

Rebranding: Buzz

In March 2019, Ryanair announced that the airline would be rebranded "Buzz" in autumn 2019. Buzz was formerly the name of a UK budget airline Ryanair bought from KLM in April 2003. Buzz will still operate scheduled and charter flights from its bases in Poland, Czechia, and Bulgaria and aimed to expand its fleet from 17 Boeing 737-800s to 25 by summer 2019.

Fleet

SP-RZA Boeing 737-8Max Buzz Airlines Stansted 22

, Buzz operates an all-

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fleet consisting of the following aircraft:

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{{Airlines of Poland Airlines of Poland Airlines established in 2018 Charter airlines Polish companies established in 2018 Ryanair