April 2024 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 May 2024

 

APRIL 2024 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.9 MILLION PASSENGERS

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 2 May 2024: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), one of the most sustainable European airlines, today announces passenger and CO₂ emission statistics for April 2024.

In April 2024, Wizz Air carried 4,911,849 passengers at a load factor of 90.3%. The capacity operated during the month was nearly flat year-on-year, reflecting the impact from GTF engine-related grounded fleet. Load factor came in slightly lower vs last year (-0.6 pp), impacted by the earlier Easter weekend causing the seasonal rise in outbound travel to fall in the prior month.

The airline continued to improve its network and customer offering in April. During the month:

·      Wizz Air converted its entire London Luton Airport based fleet to the Airbus A321neo aircraft a year earlier than planned.

·      Wizz Air announced its new aspirational target of powering 10% of its flights with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030. The new goal will support Wizz Air's commitment to reduce its carbon emissions per passenger/km by 25% by 2030.

·      Wizz Air continues to consistently report the lowest CO₂ emissions per passenger/km among competitor airlines, with 52.1 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 30 April 2024. For the month of April, CO₂ emissions were 52.6 grams per passenger/km (2.4% higher than the same month last year, due to the grounding of a portion of the GTF-engine powered fleet).

	Month						Rolling 12 months
	April 2024	April 2023		Change**		30 April 2024		30 April 2023	Change
Capacity (seats)	5,438,481	5,418,024		0.4%		68,833,728		59,146,376	16.4%
Passengers*	4,911,849	4,927,076		-0.3%		62,000,565		52,274,142	18.6%
Load Factor**	90.3%	90.9%		-0.6ppts		90.1%		88.4%	1.7ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*

	Month					Rolling 12 months
	April 2024	April 2023		Change**		30 April 2024	30 April 2023	Change
CO2 emissions in tonnes	451,591	447,788		0.8%		5,723,942	4,768,126	20.0%
CO2 grams per passenger/km**	52.6	51.3		2.4%		52.1	53.3	-2.3%

* excluding cargo flights

**rounded to one decimal place

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ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, one of the most sustainable European airlines, operates a fleet of 207 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 62 million passengers in the financial year ending 31 March 2024. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently named the World's Top 5 Safest Low-Cost Airlines 2024 by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and product rating agency, and named Airline of the Year by Air Transport Awards in 2019 and in 2023. Wizz Air has also been recognised as the "Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline" within the World Finance Sustainability Awards in 2021-2023 and the "Global Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" by the CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence 2022-2023.

For more information:
Investors:	Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air	[phone]
Media:	Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/ Charles Hirst, MHP Group:	[phone] [phone]

 

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