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

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04/12/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 4623V  Wizz Air Holdings PLC  04 December 2023

NOVEMBER 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.8 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 29% YEAR-ON-YEAR

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 4 December 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 November 2023.

In November 2023, Wizz Air carried 4,760,154 passengers, representing a 29.3%
increase compared to November 2022, at a load factor of 88.4%.

The airline continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering in
November. During the month:

·      Wizz Air Abu Dhabi operated its first flight from the new Abu
Dhabi International Airport Terminal A, one of the first national carriers to
fully move operations to the new world class facility.

·      Following a comprehensive evaluation of safety factors, Wizz Air
decided to restart inbound flights to Chisinau, Moldova from 14 December. It
intends to gradually reintroduce operations, including reopening its base in
Chisinau, while ensuring safe and secure operations for its crew and
passengers.

·      The airline decided to suspend operations in Israel until early
January 2024. It continues to monitor the situation on the ground closely, and
stands ready to redeploy capacity should conditions stabilize.

·      Wizz Air received a Global Environmental Sustainability Airline
Group of the Year award for the second consecutive year (2022, 2023) at the
CAPA Environmental Sustainability Awards for Excellence.

·      Wizz Air continues to consistently report the lowest CO(2)
emissions per passenger/km among competitor airlines, with 51.4 grams per
passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 30 November 2023. For the month of
November, CO(2) emissions were 52.7 grams per passenger/km (1.3% lower than
the same month last year).

                   Month                               Rolling 12 months
                   November   November   Change**      30 November  30 November  Change

                   2023       2022                     2023         2022
 Capacity (seats)  5,384,679  4,180,104  28.8%         65,313,017   51,169,429   27.6%
 Passengers*       4,760,154  3,682,516  29.3%         59,528,613   44,119,923   34.9%
 Load Factor**     88.4%      88.1%      0.3pp         91.1%        86.2%        4.9pp

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

 

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**

                              Month                                 Rolling 12 months to:
                              November 2023  November  Change*      30 November  30 November  Change

                                             2022                   2023         2022
 CO2 emissions in tonnes      452,743        343,874   31.7%        5,406,571    4,071,974    32.8%
 CO2 grams per passenger/km*  52.7           53.3      -1.1%        51.4         55.7         -7.8%

*rounded to one decimal place

**excluding cargo flights

 

 

 

 

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the fastest growing European ultra-low-cost airline, operates a
fleet of 191 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 51.1 million passengers in the Financial Year F23
ending 31 March 2023. 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 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.

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 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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