European discounter Wizz Air wants to begin transatlantic flights. Ian Malin, chief financial officer of the Hungary-based budget airline, said Thursday that it had applied to fly to the U.S. from the U.K. "for charter rights for the World Cup flights." Wizz Air UK has three XLRs and another 18 A321neos, according to its DOT application. Past attempts to launch budget flights with a single-aisle plane between the U.S. and Europe have failed. And before the COVID-19 pandemic, European budget airlines Norwegian Air and Wow Air both briefly offered cheap flights — only to either cancel them or close up shop entirely.