July 2018 Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 8354W

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

06 August 2018

 

July 2018 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 23%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 0.8 PPTS TO 95.4%

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 6 August 2018: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for July 2018.

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

·      Route network expansion with twelve new routes announced to/from Moldova (5x), Romania (4x), the UK (2x) and Austria (1x).

·      Delivery of two brand new Airbus A320 family aircraft, taking the fleet to 104 aircraft.

·      Wizz Air celebrated the inauguration of its newest hangar in Sofia, the company's 4th dedicated maintenance centre in Europe.

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	July 2018	July 2017	Change		31 July 2018	31 July 2017	Change
Capacity (seats)	3,644,556	2,991,504	+21.8%		34,564,520	28,378,524	+21.8%
Passengers*	3,475,497	2,827,331	+22.9%		31,703,434	25,758,964	+23.1%
Load Factor**	95.4%	94.5%	+0.8ppts		91.7%	90.8%	+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 104 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 600 routes from 25 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 over 30 million passengers in the past 12 months. 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:
	July 2018	July 2017	Change		31 July 2018	31 July 2017	Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)	5,855,026	4,755,433	+23.1%		55,117,248	45,033,492	+22.4%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)	5,574,981	4,486,125	+24.3%		50,672,866	40,946,550	+23.8%

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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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