REG - Wizz Air Holdings - October 2024 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics

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04/11/2024 07:00

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RNS Number : 7430K  Wizz Air Holdings PLC  04 November 2024

OCTOBER 2024 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSIONS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 5.6 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 4% YEAR-ON-YEAR

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 4 November 2024: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), one of the most
sustainable European airlines, announces passenger and CO(2) emission
statistics for October 2024.

Wizz Air carried 5.6 million passengers during the month of October, an
increase of 4.1% year on year. Seat capacity was up 3.7%YoY, despite the Pratt
& Whitney GTF engine-related groundings, resulting in a load factor of
92.9%, up 40bps 70bps on last year's 92.5%.

During the month:

-     Wizz Air announced on October 21(st) that it will open a temporary
base in Chisinau, Moldova, commencing direct connections to 16 destinations
from December 16(th).

-     Wizz Air also officially opened its new €38m training centre in
Rome Fiumicino on October 1(st), with the facility able to provide recurrent
training for over 4,800 pilots a year.

-     While still one of the leading airlines in terms of lower emissions
per passenger, October saw CO(2)/RPK emission increase by 1.9% YoY, to 51.6
grams/RPK. This reflected flying a suboptimal fleet mix due to the GTF related
groundings of some of Wizz Air's A321neos. With that said, this was an
improvement on the 52.3g of CO(2)/ RPK emitted in September.

-     Wizz also announced on October 21(st) that it is collaborating with
Airbus in a SAF trial on its Barcelona to Budapest (BCN-BUD) and Brussels
Charleroi to Budapest (CRL-BUD) routes.

 

                   Month                                        Rolling 12 months
                   October    October       Change      October         October     Change

                   2024       2023          YoY         2024            2023        YoY
 Capacity (seats)  6,056,365  5,843,047     3.7%        69,376,724      64,108,442  8.2%
 Passengers*       5,627,110  5,404,480     4.1%        62,511,067      58,450,975  6.9%
 Load Factor**     92.9%      92.5%         0.4ppts     90.1%           91.2%       -1.1ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

 

 

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*

                    Month                          Rolling 12 months
                    October  October     Change    October    October    Change

                    2024     2023        YoY       2024       2023       YoY
 CO2 (MT)           508,296  487,676     4.2%      5,786,374  5,297,702  9.2%

 emissions
 CO2g per pax/km**  51.6     50.7        1.9%      52.7       51.4       2.6%

* excluding cargo flights

**rounded to one decimal place

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ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, one of the most sustainable European airlines, operates a fleet of
over 220 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 62 million passengers in the financial year ending 31
March 2024. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker
WIZZ. The company was recently named the World's Top 5 Safest Low-Cost
Airlines 2024 by 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 2021-2024
and the "Global Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" by the
CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence 2022-2023.

 For more information:
 Investors:  Mark Simpson, Wizz Air                                       +36 1 777 9407
             Dorottya Durucsko, Wizz Air

 Media:      Andras Rado, Wizz Air                                        communications@wizzair.com

             James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/ Charles Hirst, MHP Group:   +44 (0) 20 3128 8100

 

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