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

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02/11/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 1075S  Wizz Air Holdings PLC  02 November 2023

OCTOBER 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 5.4 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 19% YEAR-ON-YEAR

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 2 November 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 October 2023.

In October 2023, Wizz Air carried 5,404,480 passengers, representing a 19.4%
increase compared to October 2022, at a load factor of 92.5%.

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

·      Wizz Air suspended operations in Israel until November 15, due to
the ongoing situation in the region. The safety of its passengers, employees
and aircraft remains the top priority for the company, and the airline
continues to evaluate the situation on the ground.

·      Wizz Air announced a major expansion from next summer in its key
markets of Italy, Romania, and Albania. Italian bases in Rome and Milan will
see the largest schedule deployed to date with the addition of four new
A321neo aircraft, three in Rome and one in Milan. Bucharest, Romania, is
increasing in size with the addition of two A321neo from June 2024. Tirana,
Albania, will receive two additional A321neo aircraft from next summer, adding
two new routes and growing the frequencies on existing routes.

·      The addition of an 8(th) modern aircraft to Wizz Air's Gdansk,
Poland fleet from April 2024, was announced.

·      Wizz Air also announced that it was initiating flights from
Budapest and Bucharest to Glasgow, commencing  from November this year, in
addition to new flights from Debrecen, Hungary to Rome Fiumicino from
December.

·      Wizz Air consistently reports the lowest CO(2) emissions per
passenger/km among competitor airlines, with 51.4 grams per passenger/km for
the rolling 12 months to 31 October 2023. For the month of October, CO(2)
emissions were 50.7 grams per passenger/km (5.0% lower than the same month
last year).

                   Month                               Rolling 12 months
                   October    October    Change**      31 October  31 October  Change

                   2023       2022                     2023        2022
 Capacity (seats)  5,843,047  5,064,990  15.4%         64,108,442  49,843,323  28.6%
 Passengers*       5,404,480  4,528,248  19.4%         58,450,975  42,608,988  37.2%
 Load Factor**     92.5%      89.4%      3.1pp         91.2%       85.5%       5.7pp

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

 

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**

                              Month                               Rolling 12 months to:
                              October 2023  October  Change*      31 October   31 October   Change

                                            2022                  2023         2022
 CO2 emissions in tonnes      487,676       410,023  18.9%        5,297,702    3,952,118    34.0%
 CO2 grams per passenger/km*  50.7          53.4     -5.0%        51.4         56.3         -8.8%

*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.

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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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