April 2018 Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 9454M

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

03 May 2018

 

April 2018 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 19%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 0.8 PPTS TO 90.9%

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 3 May 2018: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for April 2018.

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

·     Route network expansion with six new routes announced to/from Ukraine (3x), Austria (2x), and Romania (1x).

·     Operations commenced to/from two new airports in Vienna and Kharkiv.

·     Delivery of three brand new Airbus A320 family aircraft, taking the fleet to 96 aircraft.

·     Announced investment into a brand new state-of-the-art crew training centre in Budapest, initial daily training capacity will be over 125 pilots and cabin crew.

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	April 2018	April 2017	Change		30 April 2018	30 April 2017	Change
Capacity (seats)	3,042,986	2,573,530	+18.2%		32,908,210	26,897,830	+22.3%
Passengers*	2,764,579	2,318,770	+19.2%		30,078,166	24,305,955	+23.7%
Load Factor**	90.9%	90.1%	+0.8ppts		91.4%	90.4%	+1.0ppts

*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 96 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 600 routes from 28 bases, connecting 141 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more than 4,000 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 29.6 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 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 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:
	April 2018	April 2017	Change		30 April 2018	30 April 2017	Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)	4,827,898	4,091,225	+18.0%		52,273,659	42,571,333	+22.8%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)	4,396,224	3,697,238	+18.9%		47,908,664	38,542,174	+24.3%

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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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