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

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02/06/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 4224B  Wizz Air Holdings PLC  02 June 2023

MAY 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

 

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 5.0 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 22% YEAR-ON-YEAR

 

Ticker:  WIZZ

 

Geneva, 2 June 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 May 2023.

 

In May 2023, Wizz Air carried 5,026,575 passengers, representing a 22.1%
increase compared to May 2022, at a load factor of 90.2%.

 

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

 

·      Wizz Air announced significant growth in the Polish market,
adding the 11(th) aircraft to its Warsaw base and further expanding its route
network from other Polish bases. New routes will include: Gdansk to
Copenhagen, Tenerife and Alicante; Katowice to Copenhagen and Alicante; and
Wroclaw, Malaga and Krakow to Valencia;

·      Wizz Air announced further expansion from Albania, allocating
another aircraft to its Tirana base (11(th) aircraft). This newest addition is
enabling the launch of three unique direct routes to Bremen, Valencia and
Thessaloniki, as well as increased frequencies on ten other routes;

·      Wizz Air announced the launching of two new routes from London
Gatwick airport to Prague and Hurghada. It also announced an addition of
800,000 seats to Catania, Italy, adding a fourth aircraft to the base, which
will serve seven new routes and add frequencies to nine existing ones;

·      Wizz Air announced further expansion from North Macedonia,
allocating a sixth aircraft to the base in Skopje. Scheduled for the upcoming
autumn and winter, Wizz Air will launch two new routes from Skopje, while
increasing frequencies on nine existing routes;

·      Wizz Air announced that it operated five flights from Budapest
Airport with a 37% blend of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ produced
from renewable waste and residue raw materials supplied by MOL, an oil and gas
company based in Hungary. This project supports efforts to reduce CO(2)
emissions and prepares the fuel supply system at Budapest Airport ahead of EU
SAF blending mandates;

·      Wizz Air continuously operates the lowest CO(2) emissions per
passenger/km among all competitor airlines, with 52.9 grams per passenger/km
for the rolling 12 months to 31 May 2023. For the month of May, CO(2)
emissions were 52.1 grams per passenger/km (8.9% lower compared to same month
last year).

 

                   Month                               Rolling 12 months
                   May        May        Change**      31 May      31 May      Change

                   2023       2022                     2023        2022
 Capacity (seats)  5,569,712  4,889,505  13.9%         59,826,822  41,751,423  43.3%
 Passengers*       5,026,575  4,117,271  22.1%         53,183,446  33,516,880  58.7%
 Load Factor**     90.2%      84.2%      6.0pp         88.9%       80.3%       8.6pp

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

 

 

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**

 

                              Month                          Rolling 12 months to:
                              May      May      Change*      31 May       31 May       Change

                              2023     2022                  2023         2022
 CO2 emissions in tonnes      463,696  387,261  19.7%        4,844,561    3,292,551    47.1%
 CO2 grams per passenger/km*  52.1     57.2     -8.9%        52.9         60.7         -12.9%

*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 180 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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