Last checked at 4 Feb 2019 07:00
JANUARY 2019 TRAFFIC STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 10%LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 0.4 PPTS TO 88.1%
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 4 February 2019: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for January 2019.
In January 2019, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering with the following announcements:
· Route network expansion with 14 new routes announced to/from Macedonia (8x), Romania (5x) and Albania (1x).
· Base expansion in Macedonia and Romania with additional based A320 family aircraft to be deployed in Skopje and Timisoara from summer 2019.
Month | Rolling 12 months to: | ||||||
January 2019 | January 2018 | Change | 31 January 2019 | 31 January 2018 | Change | ||
Capacity (seats) | 2,915,508 | 2,663,658 | +9.5% | 36,864,096 | 31,462,356 | +17.2% | |
Passengers* | 2,569,229 | 2,336,206 | +10.0% | 34,047,145 | 28,729,603 | +18.5% | |
Load Factor** | 88.1% | 87.7% | +0.4ppts | 92.4% | 91.3% | +1.1ppts | |
*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 106 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 600 routes from 26 bases, connecting 144 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more than 4,400 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of over 33 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, a world's only safety and product rating agency, as well as was recently named 2017 - European Airline of the Year by Aviation 100, a renown annual publication that recognizes the year's most outstanding performers in the aerospace industry.
Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics
Month | Rolling 12 months to: | ||||||
January 2019 | January 2018 | Change | 31 January 2019 | 31 January 2018 | Change | ||
Available Seat Kilometres (000s) | 4,768,336 | 4,220,723 | +13.0% | 59,385,430 | 50,008,537 | +18.8% | |
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s) | 4,249,110 | 3,747,042 | +13.4% | 54,935,352 | 45,792,703 | +20.0% | |
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For more information: | |
Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air: | +36 1 777 9324 |
Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP: | +44 20 3727 1017 |