Wizz Air Holdings PLC September 2019 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics (4062O)
October 02 2019 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
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Wizz Air Holdings PLC
02 October 2019
SEPTEMBER 2019 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS IN SEPTEMBER BY 20% TO 3.8
MILLION
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES BY 0.5PPTs TO 94.5%
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 2 October 2019: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the
largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today
announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for September
2019.
In September 2019, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and
improve its customer offering as follows:
-- Route network expansion with the announcement of 24 new
routes to Poland (14x), Hungary (3x) and Romania (7x), as well as
Brussels Zaventem as a new destination.
-- Base expansion with the allocation of 5 new aircraft to
Budapest (+1), Warsaw (+1), Gdansk (+1) and Krakow (+2).
-- Wizz Air was named "The Best Low Cost Carrier of the Year" at the European Aviation Awards.
-- Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO2 emissions
per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines. At 56.9 grams,
CO2 emissions in grams per passenger/km for the month of September
were 3.6% lower than in the same month last year.
Month Rolling 12 months to:
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September September Change 31 September 31 September Change
2019 2018 2019 2018
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Capacity (seats) 4,037,074 3,372,988 19.7% 40,600,480 35,636,614 13.9%
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Passengers* 3,816,913 3,173,280 20.3% 37,915,897 32,763,832 15.7%
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Load Factor** 94.5% 94.1% 0.5 ppts 93.4% 91.9% 1.4ppts
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*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics
Month Rolling 12 months to:
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September September Change 31 September 31 September Change
2019 2018 2019 2018
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Available Seat
Kilometres
(000s) 6,614,802 5,438,506 21.6% 66,218,639 56,951,985 16.3%
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Revenue Passenger
Kilometres
(000s) 6,272,560 5,120,861 22.5% 62,001,912 52,472,878 18.2%
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Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics
Month Rolling 12 months to:
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September September Change 31 September 31 September Change
2019 2018 2019 2018
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CO2 emissions
in tonnes* 357,133 302,517 18.1% 3,568,447 3,116,384 14.5%
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CO2 grams
per passenger/km* 56.9 59.1 -3.6% 57.6 59.4 -3.1%
---------- ---------- ------- ------------- ------------- -------
*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 119 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321
aircraft, and offers more than 710 routes from 25 bases, connecting
151 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more
than 4,500 aviation professionals delivers superior service and
very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of over
37 million passengers in the past 12 months. 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 recently received the highest
7-star safety rating by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety
and product rating agency, and was recently named 2017 - European
Airline of the Year by Aviation 100, a renowned annual publication
that recognizes the year's most outstanding performers in the
aerospace industry.
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For more information:
Investors: Evelin Horvath, Wizz Air +41 22 555 9863
Media: Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air: +36 1 777 9324
Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI
Consulting LLP: +44 20 3727 1017
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