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

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RNS Number : 1566Z  Wizz Air Holdings PLC  02 April 2026

 

WIZZ AIR DELIVERED 8.4% TRAFFIC GROWTH IN MARCH DESPITE MIDDLE EAST CUTS AND
CONTINUED TO EXPAND IN ITALY AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Ticker:  WIZZ  

 

Geneva, 2 April 2026: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air") reports 8.4%
year-on-year passenger growth in March 2026.

 

Wizz Air carried 5.51 million passengers in March, with capacity rising 9.1%
to 6.12 million seats. The load factor for the month was 90.0%, down 0.5 ppts
year-over-year.

 

During the month:  

 

·      Târgu Mureș base reopened: Wizz Air officially reopened its
base on March 31st, with one based A320neo. The airline now offers 10 routes
to eight countries from "Transylvania" International Airport, including fights
to Milan Bergamo and Rome Fiumicino, Brussels Charleroi, Paris Beauvais,
Dortmund and Memmingen and London Luton.

·      Podgorica base opened: March 30th marked an important milestone
in Wizz Air's expansion in the region, underlining Montenegro as a key market,
with 17 international routes now operating from the capitol to connect the
region with the rest of Europe.

·      Continued growth of Italian bases: Wizz Air confirmed the
allocations of its 10(th) based aircraft to Milan Malpensa and 17(th) to Rome
Fiumicino, both from October 2026. Simultaneously, it also announced the
allocation of its 4(th) based aircraft to Venice from September 2026. Its
total market share in Italy, in terms of originating seats, reached circa 11
per cent for the full fiscal year ending March 2026 (ranked second largest
overall). source: Innovata and Wizz Air data.

·      New ancillary revenue stream: Wizz Air has deployed Bluetooth
enabled in-seat ordering across its fleet. Passengers who download the Wizz
Air mobile app before travelling can browse and purchase food, beverages and
boutique products directly from their own devices, even without internet
access.

 

                           Month                                                                Rolling 12 months  
                           March          March             Change                    March                March          Change  

                           2026           2025              YoY                       2026                 2025           YoY  
 Capacity (seats)          6,124,492      5,614,730         9.1%                      76,878,622           69,546,340     10.5%
 Passengers*               5,511,602      5,082,499         8.4%                      69,747,746           63,403,320     10.0%
 Load Factor**             90.0%          90.5%             -0.5ppts                  90.7%                91.2%          -0.4ppts

*Booked passengers  

** Rounded to one decimal place

  

  

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*  

                               Month                                                      Rolling 12 months  
                               March          March             Change                    March          March          Change  

                               2026           2025              YoY                       2026           2025           YoY  
 CO(2) (MT)                    463,585        467,497           -0.8%                     6,060,538      5,796,439      4.6%

 Emissions  
 CO(2) g per pax/km**          49.6           51.0              -2.7%                     50.6           52.2           -3.1%

* 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 262 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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