September 2019 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics

RNS Number : 4062O

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 October 2019

 

SEPTEMBER 2019 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS IN SEPTEMBER BY 20% TO 3.8 MILLION

LOAD FACTOR INCREASES BY 0.5PPTs TO 94.5%

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 2 October 2019: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for September 2019.

In September 2019, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:

·      Route network expansion with the announcement of 24 new routes to Poland (14x), Hungary (3x) and Romania (7x), as well as Brussels Zaventem as a new destination.

·      Base expansion with the allocation of 5 new aircraft to Budapest (+1), Warsaw (+1), Gdansk (+1) and Krakow (+2).

·      Wizz Air was named "The Best Low Cost Carrier of the Year" at the European Aviation Awards.

·      Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines. At 56.9 grams, CO2 emissions in grams per passenger/km for the month of September were 3.6% lower than in the same month last year.   

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	September 2019	September 2018	Change		31 September 2019	31 September 2018	Change
Capacity (seats)	4,037,074	3,372,988	19.7%		40,600,480	35,636,614	13.9%
Passengers*	3,816,913	3,173,280	20.3%		37,915,897	32,763,832	15.7%
Load Factor**	94.5%	94.1%	0.5 ppts		93.4%	91.9%	1.4ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	September 2019	September 2018	Change		31 September 2019	31 September 2018	Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)	6,614,802	5,438,506	21.6%		66,218,639	56,951,985	16.3%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)	6,272,560	5,120,861	22.5%		62,001,912	52,472,878	18.2%

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

	Month				Rolling 12 months to:
	September 2019	September 2018	Change		31 September 2019	31 September 2018	Change
CO2 emissions in tonnes*	357,133	302,517	18.1%		3,568,447	3,116,384	14.5%
CO2 grams per passenger/km*	56.9	59.1	-3.6%		57.6	59.4	-3.1%

*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 119 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 710 routes from 25 bases, connecting 151 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 37 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.

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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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