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FEBRUARY 2020 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 26% TO 3 MILLION AT 94% LOAD FACTOR
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 3 March 2020: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for February 2020.
In February 2020, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:
· Route network expansion with the announcement of three new routes: Armenia (1x) and Poland (2x).
· Fleet expansion with the delivery of a brand new A321neo game-changer aircraft, taking the fleet to 121 aircraft. The Airbus A321neo is powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines, features the widest single-aisle cabin with 239 seats in a single class configuration and offers Wizz Air maximum flexibility, fuel efficiency and lowest possible operating costs.
· 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 February were largely stable despite the impact of the spread of coronavirus which prompted some capacity reduction and slightly lower load factors.
Month | Rolling 12 months to: | ||||||
February 2020 | February 2019 | Change | 29 February 2020 | 28 February 2019 | Change | ||
Capacity (seats) | 3,212,875 | 2,548,062 | 26.1% | 43,786,151 | 37,080,612 | 18.1% | |
Passengers* | 3,014,341 | 2,400,692 | 25.6% | 41,006,309 | 34,320,882 | 19.5% | |
Load Factor** | 93.8% | 94.2% | -0.4ppts | 93.7% | 92.6% | 1.1ppts | |
*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics
Month | Rolling 12 months to: | ||||||
| February 2020 | February 2019 | Change | 29 February 2020 | 28 February 2019 | Change | |
CO2 emissions in tonnes* | 283,244 | 221,873 | 27.7% | 3,849,617 | 3,260,139 | 18.1% | |
CO2 grams per passenger/km* | 56.9 | 56.3 | 1.2% | 57.3 | 58.7 | -2.5% | |
*rounded to one decimal place
Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics
Month | Rolling 12 months to: | ||||||
February 2020 | February 2019 | Change | 29 February 2020 | 28 February 2019 | Change | ||
Available Seat Kilometres (000s) | 5,281,109 | 4,174,343 | 26.5% | 71,502,179 | 59,858,078 | 19.5% | |
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s) | 4,974,639 | 3,943,254 | 26.2% | 67,173,668 | 55,493,076 | 21.0% | |
ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, offers more than 710 routes from 25 bases, connecting 154 destinations across 45 countries. A team of more than 5,000 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 40 million passengers in the past 12 months. WIZZ operates an all-Airbus fleet of 120 aircraft. Its A320s are equipped with 180 seats, its A321s with 230 seats and its A321neo aircraft with 239 seats. According to the latest data of the Swiss airline intelligence provider CH-Aviation, Wizz Air has one of the youngest airline fleets in the world. 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 one of the world's top ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and product rating agency, and 2019 - Airline of the Year by Air Transport Awards the only international awards that recognizes the year's most outstanding performers in the aerospace industry in the most important categories.
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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 | |