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

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RNS Number : 5472G  Wizz Air Holdings PLC  02 June 2026

 

WIZZ AIR MAY TRAFFIC UP 26% YEAR-ON-YEAR,

LOAD FACTOR UP 0.5ppt

 

Ticker:  WIZZ  

 

Geneva, 2 June 2026: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air") reported an increase
in load factor of 0.5ppts in May 2026 at the same time as growing passenger
numbers by 26%.

 

Wizz Air carried 7.13 million passengers in May, an increase of 26%
year-on-year, with capacity rising 25.4% to 7.77 million seats. This marks an
acceleration into the summer season from the 22% year-on-year growth in
passengers reported for April. The load factor for the month of May was 91.7%,
up 0.5ppts year-over-year.

 

During the month:  

 

·      Tel Aviv services resumed on May 28. Having suspended flights to
Israel on the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East, Wizz Air resumed
operations on May 28, looking to reconnect Israel to multiple destinations in
Europe, including Athens, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Krakow, Larnaca,
London, Milan, Rome, Sofia, and Warsaw.

·      Italian expansion continues apace with further aircraft
allocations announced. Underlining Wizz Air's position as Italy's second
largest carrier, the airline will base an 11th aircraft at Milan Malpensa
starting Sept. 14, a third aircraft at Naples from Dec. 14 and a fourth
aircraft at Catania starting Dec. 14. This builds on Wizz Air's increasing
footprint in Italy, which has seen based aircraft grow from 29 aircraft in
summer 2025 to 41 this summer across seven Italian bases.

·      Wizz Air entered into a distribution agreement with travel
technology provider Atlas. The agreement gives Atlas' corporate travel
partners access to Wizz Air's content through an API connection. This follows
similar deals with Kyte and Travelfusion, which allows Wizz Air to distribute
its content via corporate travel booking channels.

·      UEFA Champions League final in Budapest. Wizz Air operated 77
incremental flights for football fans from London and Paris across the last
three-days of the month, achieving a 99.9% load factor.

                           Month                                                               Rolling 12 months  
                           May            May               Change                    May                 May            Change  

                           2026           2025              YoY                       2026                2025           YoY  
 Capacity (seats)          7,774,677      6,201,056         25.4%                     79,853,478          70,727,173     12.9%
 Passengers*                7,131,287     5,657,051         26.1%                     72,414,269          64,459,026     12.3%
 Load Factor**             91.7%          91.2%             0.5ppts                   90.7%               91.1%          -0.5ppts

*Booked passengers  

** Rounded to one decimal place

 

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*  

                               Month                                                      Rolling 12 months  
                               May            May               Change                    May            May            Change  

                               2026           2025              YoY                       2026           2025           YoY  
 CO(2) (MT)                    566,401        502,191           12.8%                     6,172,995      5,865,859      5.2%

 Emissions  
 CO(2) g per pax/km**          49.4           51.1              -3.2%                     50.3           51.9           -3.0%

* 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 264 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 69.7 million passengers in 2026
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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