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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 airline s
, 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 a n 8(th) modern aircraft to Wizz Air's
Gdansk, Poland fleet from April 2024, was announced.
-- Wizz Air also announce d that it was initiating flights from
Budapest and Bucharest to Glasgow , commencing from November this
year, in addition to new f lights 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
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October October Change 31 October 31 October Change
2023 2022 ** 2023 2022
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Capacity
(seats) 5,843,047 5,064,990 15.4% 64,108,442 49,843,323 28.6%
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Passengers* 5,404,480 4,528,248 19.4% 58,450,975 42,608,988 37.2%
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Load Factor** 92.5% 89.4% 3.1pp 91.2% 85.5% 5.7pp
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*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**
Month Rolling 12 months
to:
------------------ -------- ------------------------ -------
October October Change* 31 October 31 October Change
2023 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 1 91 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 , 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
Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air +36 1 777 9324
James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/ Charles +44 (0) 20 3128
Media: Hirst, MHP Group: 8100
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