August 2017 Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 6534P

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

04 September 2017

 

Wizz Air Holdings Plc

AUGUST 2017 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 24%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 2.4 PPTS TO 95.4%

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 4 September 2017: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for August 2017.

In August 2017, Wizz Air continued to expand its network, operations and customer offering with the following announcements:

·      Route network expansion with seventeen new routes announced to/from Romania (7x), Poland (5x), Hungary (2x), Czech Republic (1x), Lithuania (1x), and Latvia (1x).

·      Second based Airbus A320ceo aircraft joins the Kyiv fleet in Ukraine.

·      The introduction of a new ancillary product helping customers lock-in Wizz Air's low fares for 48 hours and complete their purchase later.

·      Shareholder approval to purchase 10 additional brand new Airbus A321ceo aircraft from Airbus to be delivered during 2018 - 2019.

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	August 2017	August 2016	Change		31 August 2017	31 August 2016	Change
Capacity (seats)	3,028,438	2,496,410	+21.3%		28,910,552	24,292,470	+19.0%
Passengers*	2,887,770	2,320,990	+24.4%		26,325,744	21,505,021	+22.4%
Load Factor**	95.4%	93.0%	+2.4ppts		91.1%	88.5%	+2.5ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 85 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 520 routes from 28 bases, connecting 142 destinations across 43 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 3,300 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 23 million passengers in 2016. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices. Wizz Air is registered under the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the global benchmark in airline safety recognition. The company was recently named 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the leading airline trade magazines, as well as 2016 Low Cost Airline of the Year by the Center for Aviation (CAPA), a leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence.

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	August 2017	August 2016	Change		31 August 2017	31 August 2016	Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)	4,818,692	3,928,296	+22.7%		45,923,888	37,773,940	+21.6%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)	4,606,728	3,660,907	+25.8%		41,892,371	33,519,344	+25.0%

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For more information:
Investors:	Balint Veres, Wizz Air:	[phone]
Media:	Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air:	[phone]
	Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:	[phone]

 

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