AUGUST 2020 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

RNS Number : 7290X

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 September 2020

 

AUGUST 2020 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 2.4 MILLION PASSENGERS

AT 80% CAPACITY AND 71% LOAD FACTOR

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 2 September 2020: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the fastest-growing European airline , today announces passenger and CO₂ emission statistics for August 2020.

In August 2020, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows :

· Network expansion with the announcement of the following new routes and bases:

‒ Doncaster, United Kingdom: new base with two aircraft and 13 new routes

‒ London Gatwick, United Kingdom: new base with one aircraft and four new routes 

‒ Milan Malpensa, Italy: Two new domestic routes

‒ Tallinn, Estonia: Two new routes

‒ Vilnius, Lithuania: One additional aircraft, taking the base to three aircraft, and five new routes

‒ Riga, Latvia: One additional aircraft, taking the base to two aircraft, and seven new routes

· Fleet expansion with the addition of four brand new Airbus A320neo family aircraft, taking the fleet to 130 aircraft. These game-changing aircraft are powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines and deliver close to 50% reduction in noise footprint compared to previous generation aircraft. In addition, Pratt and Whitney's GTF engine reduces fuel burn by 16% and nitrogen oxide emissions by 50%.

· Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO₂ emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 60.9 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 August 2020. For the month of August, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 24.1% higher due to the drop in load factor, while total CO₂ emissions in tonnes decreased at a slightly higher rate than capacity.

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	August 2020	August 2019	Change		31 August 2020	31 August 2019	Change
Capacity (seats)	3,359,723	4,193,662	-19.9%		31,124,655	39,936,394	-22.1%
Passengers*	2,381,214	4,036,914	-41.0%		26,663,988	37,272,264	-28.5%
Load Factor**	70.9%	96.3%	-25.4ppts		85.7%	93.3%	-7.7ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	August 2020	August 2019	Change		31 August 2020	31 August 2019	Change
CO2 emissions in tonnes*	276,775	369,989	-25.2%		2,677,644	3,515,535	-23.8%
CO2 grams per passenger/km*	69.6	56.1	24.1%		60.9	57.8	5.4%

*rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	August 2020	August 2019	Change		31 August 2020	31 August 2019	Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)	5,537,429	6,840,137	-19.0%		50,978,111	65,042,343	-21.6%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)	3,978,399	6,599,653	-39.7%		43,957,867	60,850,213	-27.8%

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the fastest-growing European airline , operates a fleet of 130 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft, one of the youngest airline fleets in the world and offers more than 800 routes from 34 bases, connecting 164 destinations across 46 countries. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 40 million passengers in the last financial year. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ.

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

 

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