January 2018 Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 8344D

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

05 February 2018

 

JANUARY 2018 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 24%

MAJOR EXPANSION IN VIENNA

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 5 February 2018: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for January 2018.

In January 2018, Wizz Air continued to expand its network, operations and customer offering with the following announcements:

·      Vienna to become the WIZZ network's 145^th airport and Austria it's 44^th country with a major base announcement, placing three brand new Airbus A320 family aircraft and opening 17 new routes to 15 countries from June 2018.

·      Route network expansion with 18 new routes announced to/from Austria (17x) and Poland (1x).

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	January 2018	January 2017	Change		31 January 2018	31 January 2017	Change
Capacity (seats)	2,663,658	2,133,520	+24.8%		31,462,356	25,877,340	+21.6%
Passengers*	2,336,206	1,877,762	+24.4%		28,729,603	23,137,809	+ 24.2%
Load Factor**	87.7%	88.0%	-0.3ppts		91.3%	89.4%	+1.9ppts

*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 88 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 550 routes from 28 bases, connecting 145 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more than 3,500 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 23.8 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2017. 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 2017 - European Airline of the Year by Aviation 100, a renown annual publication that recognizes the year's most outstanding performers in the aerospace industry.

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	January 2018	January 2017	Change		31 January 2018	31 January 2017	Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)	4,220,723	3,403,284	+24.0%		50,008,537	40,718,729	+22.8%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)	3,747,042	3,018,009	+24.2%		45,792,703	36,471,496	+25.6%

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

 

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