January 2017 Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 7962V

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 February 2017

 

JANUARY 2017 TRAFFIC STATISTICS:

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 23%,

LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 4.5 PPTS TO 88%

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 2 February 2017: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for January 2017.

In January 2017, Wizz Air continued to expand its network with the following announcements:

·      Network further expanded with two new routes announced in January to/from, Poland (1), and Bulgaria (1).

·      Two new routes commenced operation to/from Poland (1), and Lithuania (1).

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	January 2017	January 2016	Change		31 January 2017	31 January 2016	Change
Capacity (seats)	2,133,520	1,823,600	+17.0%		25,877,340	22,091,740	+17.1%
Passengers*	1,877,762	1,522,901	+23.3%		23,137,809	19,443,745	+19.0%
Load Factor**	88.0%	83.5%	+4.5ppts		89.4%	88.0%	+1.4ppts

*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 75 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 500 routes from 27 bases, connecting 136 destinations across 40 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 3,000 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:
	January 2017	January 2016	Change		31 January 2017	31 January 2016	Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)	3,403,284	2,821,019	+20.6%		40,718,729	33,911,091	+20.1%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)	3,018,009	2,376,348	+27.0%		36,471,496	29,893,536	+22.0%

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

 

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