REG - Wizz Air Holdings - February 2026 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics

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03/03/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 0129V  Wizz Air Holdings PLC  03 March 2026

 

WIZZ AIR STRENGTHENS NETWORK WITH 6.7% GROWTH IN FEBRUARY

Ticker:  WIZZ  

 

Geneva, 3 March 2026: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air") reports 6.7%
year-on-year passenger growth in February 2026.

 

Wizz Air carried 4.92 million passengers in February, a 6.7% increase
year-on-year, with capacity rising 8.3% to 5.44 million seats. The load factor
for the month was 90.5%, down 1.3 ppts year-over-year.

 

During the month:  

 

·      A new base opened at Palermo in Italy: Wizz Air's network
expansion saw the opening of its 39(th) base in February, with two A321neo
aircraft based in Palermo at the start of the month. This sees Wizz Air now
accounting for more than 10% of the Italian market, placing it as the second
largest airline in the country by market share.

·      Calendar 2025 statistics demonstrated strong operational
performance: Final authorized statistics for calendar 2025, published in the
month, showed Wizz Air had carried 68.6m passengers over the period, an
increase of 9.4% year-on-year. Operationally, the business continued to
improve its performance with a 99.61% completion rate and an A15 ratio of
77.98%.

 

                           Month                                                                Rolling 12 months  
                           February       February          Change                    February             February       Change  

                           2026           2025              YoY                       2026                 2025           YoY  
 Capacity (seats)          5,437,032      5,019,938         8.3%                      76,368,860           69,192,269     10.4%
 Passengers*               4,919,712      4,609,286         6.7%                      69,318,643           63,099,801     9.9%
 Load Factor**             90.5%          91.8%             -1.3ppts                  90.8%                91.2%          -0.4ppts

*Booked passengers  

** Rounded to one decimal place

  

  

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*  

                               Month                                                      Rolling 12 months  
                               February       February          Change                    February       February       Change  

                               2026           2025              YoY                       2026           2025           YoY  
 CO(2) (MT)                    436,942        420,780           3.8%                      6,064,451      5,771,310      5.1%

 Emissions  
 CO(2) g per pax/km**          49.7           50.3              -1.2%                     50.7           52.2           -2.9%

* The published CO2 figures do not include any benefit from Wizz Air's SAF
uplift

** Rounded to one decimal place

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About Wizz Air

Wizz Air operates a fleet of 260 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 63.4 million passengers in our 2025
financial year. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the
ticker WIZZ. Wizz Air has also been recognized as the "Most Sustainable
Low-Cost Airline" between 2021-2025 by World Finance Sustainability Awards. In
2025, Wizz Air topped the major airlines' emissions ranking, as presented by
Cirium, an aviation analytics company, thanks to its work reducing emissions
intensity. Most recently, it was awarded Sustainable Airline of the Year 2025
at the Airline Economics Sustainability Awards Gala in September 2025.

 

 

 

For more information:

Investors:        Mark Simpson, Wizz
Air
investor.relations@wizzair.com (mailto:investor.relations@wizzair.com)

Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air

 

Media:              Andras Rado, Wizz
Air
c (mailto:c) ommunications@wizzair.com (mailto:communications@wizzair.com)

 

James McFarlane/

Eleni Menikou/

Charles Hirst, MHP Group
                        wizz@mhpgroup.com
(mailto:wizz@mhpgroup.com)

 

 

 

 

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