May 2023 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 June 2023

 

MAY 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 5.0 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 22% YEAR-ON-YEAR

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 2 June 2023: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the fastest growing and one of the most sustainable European airlines, today announces passenger and CO₂ emission statistics for May 2023.

In May 2023, Wizz Air carried 5,026,575 passengers, representing a 22.1% increase compared to May 2022, at a load factor of 90.2%.

Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering in May, including:

·      Wizz Air announced significant growth in the Polish market, adding the 11^th aircraft to its Warsaw base and further expanding its route network from other Polish bases. New routes will include: Gdansk to Copenhagen, Tenerife and Alicante; Katowice to Copenhagen and Alicante; and Wroclaw, Malaga and Krakow to Valencia;

·      Wizz Air announced further expansion from Albania, allocating another aircraft to its Tirana base (11^th aircraft). This newest addition is enabling the launch of three unique direct routes to Bremen, Valencia and Thessaloniki, as well as increased frequencies on ten other routes;

·      Wizz Air announced the launching of two new routes from London Gatwick airport to Prague and Hurghada. It also announced an addition of 800,000 seats to Catania, Italy, adding a fourth aircraft to the base, which will serve seven new routes and add frequencies to nine existing ones;

·      Wizz Air announced further expansion from North Macedonia, allocating a sixth aircraft to the base in Skopje. Scheduled for the upcoming autumn and winter, Wizz Air will launch two new routes from Skopje, while increasing frequencies on nine existing routes;

·      Wizz Air announced that it operated five flights from Budapest Airport with a 37% blend of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ produced from renewable waste and residue raw materials supplied by MOL, an oil and gas company based in Hungary. This project supports efforts to reduce CO₂ emissions and prepares the fuel supply system at Budapest Airport ahead of EU SAF blending mandates;

·      Wizz Air continuously operates the lowest CO₂ emissions per passenger/km among all competitor airlines, with 52.9 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 May 2023. For the month of May, CO₂ emissions were 52.1 grams per passenger/km (8.9% lower compared to same month last year).

	Month				Rolling 12 months
	May 2023	May 2022	Change**		31 May 2023	31 May 2022	Change
Capacity (seats)	5,569,712	4,889,505	13.9%		59,826,822	41,751,423	43.3%
Passengers*	5,026,575	4,117,271	22.1%		53,183,446	33,516,880	58.7%
Load Factor**	90.2%	84.2%	6.0pp		88.9%	80.3%	8.6pp

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	May 2023	May 2022	Change*		31 May 2023	31 May 2022	Change
CO2 emissions in tonnes	463,696	387,261	19.7%		4,844,561	3,292,551	47.1%
CO2 grams per passenger/km*	52.1	57.2	-8.9%		52.9	60.7	-12.9%

*rounded to one decimal place

**excluding cargo flights

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the fastest growing European ultra-low-cost airline and one of the most sustainable, operates a fleet of 180 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 40.0 million passengers in the financial year F20 ending 31 March, 2020 and 27.1 million passengers in the financial year F22 ending 31 March 2022. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently named one of the world's top ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and product rating agency, and 2020 Airline of the Year by ATW, the most coveted honour an airline or individual can receive, recognizing individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding performance, innovation, and superior service. Wizz Air is a recipient of CAPA's prestigious Global Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the year award, 2022.

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For more information:
Investors:	Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air	[phone]
Media:	Zsuzsa Trubek, Wizz Air Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:	[phone] [phone]

 

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