Wizz Air Holdings PLC March 2017 Traffic Statistics (4471B)
April 04 2017 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWIZZ
RNS Number : 4471B
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
04 April 2017
MARCH 2017 TRAFFIC STATISTICS:
WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 19%,
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 4.1 PPTS TO 90%
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 4 April 2017: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the
largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today
announces passenger statistics for March 2017.
In March 2017, Wizz Air continued to expand its network and
operations with the following announcements:
-- Route network expansion with 10 new routes to/from Ukraine
(4), Poland (2), Romania (1), Bulgaria (1), Hungary (1) and
Slovakia (1).
-- Base expansion with the deployment of a sixth Airbus A320
aircraft to Katowice in Poland, a second Airbus A320 to Craiova in
Romania, and a second Airbus A320 to Tuzla in Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
-- Network expansion to 138 airports with one new route to/from
Bordeaux-Mérignac airport.
-- Delivery of two brand new Airbus A321 aircraft taking the fleet to 79 aircraft.
Month Rolling 12 months
to:
---------------------- --------- ------------------------ ---------
March March Change 31 March 31 March Change
2017 2016 2017 2016
---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------
Capacity
(seats) 2,187,500 1,923,620 +13.7% 26,378,840 22,654,100 +16.4%
---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------
Passengers* 1,978,316 1,660,061 +19.2% 23,764,385 19,981,377 +18.9%
---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------
Load Factor** 90.4% 86.3% +4.1ppts 90.1% 88.2% +1.9ppts
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*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern
Europe, operates a fleet of 79 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321
aircraft, and offers more than 500 routes from 28 bases, connecting
139 destinations across 41 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of
approximately 3,000 aviation professionals delivers superior
service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred
choice of 23 million passengers in 2016. Wizz Air is listed on the
London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the
FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices. Wizz Air is registered under
the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Operational
Safety Audit (IOSA), the global benchmark in airline safety
recognition. The company was recently named 2016 Value Airline of
the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the leading
airline trade magazines, as well as 2016 Low Cost Airline of the
Year by the Center for Aviation (CAPA), a leading provider of
independent aviation market intelligence.
Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics
Month Rolling 12 months
to:
---------------------- ------- ------------------------ -------
March March Change 31 March 31 March Change
2017 2016 2017 2016
---------- ---------- ------- ----------- ----------- -------
Available
Seat Kilometres
(000s) 3,489,458 2,974,645 +17.3% 41,690,967 34,844,016 +19.7%
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Revenue
Passenger
Kilometres
(000s) 3,168,061 2,576,402 +23.0% 37,627,831 30,786,117 +22.2%
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- Ends -
For more information:
+41 22 555
Investors: Iain Wetherall, Wizz Air: 9873
+36 1 777
Balint Veres, Wizz Air: 9349
+36 1 777
Media: Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air: 9324
Edward Bridges / Jonathan +44 20 3727
Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP: 1017
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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