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RNS Number : 8434B Wizz Air Holdings PLC 02 February 2024
JANUARY 2024 TRAFFIC AND
CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.7 MILLION PASSENGERS,
AN INCREASE OF 14% YEAR-ON-YEAR
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 2 February 2024: 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 2024.
In January 2024, Wizz Air carried 4,740,815 passengers, representing a 14.2%
increase year-on-year, at a load factor of 82.0% (primarily attributable to an
increase in one-directional VFR traffic and the reallocation of capacity in
response to evolving geopolitical events). Wizz Air is actively implementing
measures to optimize our network and adapt to these dynamic conditions, with
the aim of enhancing efficiency and supporting a recovery in load factors
going forward.
The airline continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering in
January. During the month:
· Wizz Air reinstated flights between Aqaba (Jordan) and Abu Dhabi,
starting from 4(th) February.
· Wizz Air announced it will restart operations into Tel Aviv, with
routes from Budapest, Sofia, Bucharest, Krakow, London and Rome opening from
the beginning of March.
· The UK's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed Wizz Air is fully
compliant with commitments made to customers.
· Wizz Air continues to consistently report the lowest CO(2)
emissions per passenger/km among competitor airlines, with 51.8 grams per
passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 January 2024. For the month of
January, CO(2) emissions were 54.9 grams per passenger/km (7.2% higher than
the same month last year).
Month Rolling 12 months
January January Change** 31 January 31 January Change
2024 2023 2024 2023
Capacity (seats) 5,783,426 4,822,972 19.9% 67,370,107 54,483,223 23.7%
Passengers* 4,740,815 4,149,850 14.2% 60,904,125 47,415,081 28.4%
Load Factor** 82.0% 86.0% -4.1pp 90.4% 87.0% 3.4pp
*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*
Month Rolling 12 months
January January Change** 31 January 31 January Change
2024 2023 2024 2023
CO2 emissions in tonnes 475,294 382,749 24.2% 5,593,552 4,346,116 28.7%
CO2 grams per passenger/km** 54.9 51.2 7.2% 51.8 54.6 -5.2%
* excluding cargo flights
**rounded to one decimal place
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ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air, the fastest growing European ultra-low-cost airline, operates a
fleet of 198 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 60.3 million passengers in 2023. Wizz Air is listed on
the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently
named the World's Top 5 Safest Low-Cost Airlines 2024 by airlineratings.com,
the world's only safety and product rating agency, and named Airline of the
Year by Air Transport Awards in 2019 and in 2023. Wizz Air has also been
recognised as the "Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline" within the World Finance
Sustainability Awards in 2021-2023 and the "Global Environmental
Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" by the CAPA-Centre for Aviation
Awards for Excellence 2022-2023.
For more information:
Investors: Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air +36 1 777 9407
Media: Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air +36 1 777 9324
James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/ Charles Hirst, MHP Group: +44 (0) 20 3128 8100
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