May 2018 Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 0974Q

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

04 June 2018

 

May 2018 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 18%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 0.8 PPTS TO 91.9%

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 4 June 2018: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for May 2018.

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

·     Route network expansion with eight new routes announced to/from Hungary (7x) and Romania (1x), including the doubling of capacity and market position in Debrecen, Hungary.

·     Delivery of two brand new Airbus A320 family aircraft, taking the fleet to 98 aircraft.

·     Wizz Air UK received Air Operator's Certificate and Operating Licence and started operating on 3 May.

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	May 2018	May 2017	Change		31 May 2018	31 May 2017	Change
Capacity (seats)	3,086,626	2,635,060	+17.1%		33,359,776	27,353,080	+22.0%
Passengers*	2,836,380	2,400,846	+18.1%		30,513,700	24,742,713	+23.3%
Load Factor**	91.9%	91.1%	+0.8ppts		91.5%	90.5%	+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 98 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 600 routes from 27 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:
	May 2018	May 2017	Change		31 May 2018	31 May 2017	Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)	4,959,269	4,174,644	+18.8%		53,058,285	43,335,131	+22.4%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)	4,550,933	3,809,650	+19.5%		48,649,948	39,274,246	+23.9%

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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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