March 2019 Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 7569U

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 April 2019

 

MARCH 2019 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 10%

LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 2.6 PPTS TO 94.1%

Ticker:  WIZZ

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

In March 2019, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering with the following announcements:

·      Route network expansion with 15 new routes announced to/from Poland (9x), Romania (2x), UK (1x), Ukraine (1x), Serbia (1x), and Moldova (1x).

·      Fleet expansion with the delivery of two brand new Airbus 321neo aircraft and two brand new Airbus 321ceo aircraft. The arrival of the game-changing Airbus A321neo aircraft is a significant milestone for the Company. The Airbus A321neo is powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines, features the widest single-aisle cabin with 239 seats in a single class configuration and offers Wizz Air maximum flexibility, fuel efficiency and lowest possible operating costs. The Wizz Air fleet was 112 aircraft at the end of March.

·      Wizz Air was named The Best Low-Cost Airline of the Year in the CEE region in 2018 and received the Best Cabin Crew award as part of the annual CESAAR awards.

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	March 2019	March 2018	Change		31 March 2019	31 March 2018	Change
Capacity (seats)	2,892,696	2,706,432	+6.9%		37,266,876	32,438,754	14.9%
Passengers*	2,721,959	2,476,153	+9.9%		34,566,688	29,632,357	16.7%
Load Factor**	94.1%	91.5%	2.6ppts		92.8%	91.3%	1.4ppts

*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 112 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 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 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.

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	March 2019	March 2018	Change		31 March 2019	31 March 2018	Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)	4,728,089	4,302,205	9.9%		60,283,961	51,536,986	17.0%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)	4,454,924	3,954,048	12.7%		55,993,952	47,209,679	18.6%

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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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