July 2019 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics

RNS Number : 6295H

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 August 2019

 

JULY 2019 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 11.7%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES TO 95.6%

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 2 August 2019: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for July 2019.

In July 2019, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:

·      Fleet expansion with the delivery of a brand new Airbus 321neo aircraft, taking the fleet to 115 aircraft.

·      Announced its first ever flights from London Luton to Moscow and St. Petersburg which will start in October.

·      Base expansion with the allocation of a third aircraft to its Chisinau base in Moldova with four new routes to Larnaca, Turin, Prague and Doncaster/Sheffield.

·      Route network expansion with the announcement of 9 new routes from/to: Hungary (1x), London Luton (2x), Moldova (4x), Poland (2x).

·      Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines. CO2 emissions for the month of July were 2.1% lower than the same month last year, at 56.8 grams per passenger/km.   

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	July 2019	July 2018	Change		31 July 2019	31 July 2018	Change
Capacity (seats)	4,059,770	3,644,556	11.4%		39,378,914	34,564,520	13.9%
Passengers*	3,881,750	3,475,497	11.7%		36,711,441	31,703,434	15.8%
Load Factor**	95.6%	95.4%	0.3ppts		93.2%	91.7%	1.5ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	July 2019	July 2018	Change		31 July 2019	31 July 2018	Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)	6,628,496	5,855,026	13.2%		64,044,863	55,117,248	16.2%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)	6,333,338	5,574,981	13.6%		59,842,966	50,672,866	18.1%

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	July 2019	July 2018	Change		31 July 2019	31 July 2018	Change
CO2 emissions in tonnes*	359,515	323,248	11.2%		3,464,109	3,017,454	14.8%
CO2 grams per passenger/km*	56.8	58.0	-2.1%		57.9	59.5	-2.8%

*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 115 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 650 routes from 25 bases, connecting 146 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more than 4,500 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of over 34 million passengers in 2018. 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 recently received the highest 7-star safety rating by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and product rating agency, and was recently named 2017 - European Airline of the Year by Aviation 100, a renowned annual publication that recognizes the year's most outstanding performers in the aerospace industry.

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

 

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