REG - Wizz Air Holdings - January 2023 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics

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02/02/2023 07:01

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RNS Number : 6456O  Wizz Air Holdings PLC  02 February 2023

JANUARY 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

 

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.1 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 73% YEAR-ON-YEAR

 

 

Ticker:  WIZZ

 

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

 

In January 2023, Wizz Air carried 4,149,850 passengers, representing a 73.1%
increase compared to January 2023, at a load factor of 86.0%.

 

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

 

·      Wizz Air announced flights to Istanbul, Antalya and Dalaman in
Turkey. The routes will commence as of March 2023 connecting Turkey with
Hungary, Romania, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.

·      Wizz Air inaugurated three new connections between Bucharest and
Jeddah, Budapest and Jeddah and Rome and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The airline
is currently operating 12 routes to Saudi Arabia from its main bases in
Europe.

·      Wizz Air also announced its biggest Armenian route development
from Yerevan to Katowice, Prague, Dortmund, and Sofia. The new routes will be
served twice a week starting from April and June 2023.

·      On 16 January 2023, Airline Economics magazine awarded Wizz Air
"European Capital Markets Deal of the Year" for its 500m euro bond issued in
2022.

·      Wizz Air continuously operates amongst the lowest CO(2) emissions
per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 54.6 grams per
passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 January 2023. For the month of
January CO(2) emissions were 51.2 grams per passenger/km (14.5% lower compared
to same month last year).

 

                   Month                               Rolling 12 months
                   January    January    Change**      31 January  31 January  Change

                   2023       2022                     2023        2022
 Capacity (seats)  4,822,972  3,012,436  60.1%         54,483,462  30,959,602  76.0%
 Passengers*       4,149,850  2,396,684  73.1%         47,415,081  23,545,791  101.4%
 Load Factor**     86.0%      79.6%      6.4pp         87.0%       76.1%       11.0pp

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

 

 

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**

 

                              Month                               Rolling 12 months to:
                              January 2023  January  Change*      31 January   31 January   Change

                                            2022                  2023         2022
 CO2 emissions in tonnes      382,749       237,559  61.1%        4,346,116    2,418,053    79.7%
 CO2 grams per passenger/km*  51.2          59.9     -14.5%       54.6         64.4         -15.2%

*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 177 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
(http://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                               +36 1 777 9407

 Media:      Zsuzsa Trubek, Wizz Air                                 +36 70 652 4115

             Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:   +44 20 3727 1017

 

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