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2 Apr 2025 07:00
FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN LOADS AND CO2 EMISSIONS SEEN IN MARCH TRAFFIC STATISTICS
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 2 April 2025: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), one of the most sustainable European airlines, announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for March 2025.
Wizz Air carried 5.1 million passengers during the month of March, a 6.4% increase year on year. Seat capacity was up 6.7% YoY, resulting in a load factor of 90.5%, down 0.3 ppts on last year's load factor of 90.8%.
During the month:
· March load factor remained steady YoY, despite both a return to capacity growth and Easter moving from March to April.
· A strong start to Q1 F26, with April fares up in the mid-to-high teens YoY due to Easter falling entirely in April.
· Summer bookings look encouraging, with load factors currently 2-3 ppts higher than this time last year in the core summer months.
· Wizz Air continues to be a leader in reducing emissions, reporting a further decrease in CO2 emissions per RPK in March, down 1.0% YoY, to 51.0 grams.
Month | Rolling 12 months |
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March 2025 | March 2024 | Change YoY | F25 | F24 | Change YoY |
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Capacity (seats) | 5,614,730 | 5,260,659 | 6.7% | 69,546,340 | 68,813,271 | 1.1% |
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Passengers* | 5,082,499 | 4,778,980 | 6.4% | 63,403,320 | 62,015,792 | 2.2% |
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Load Factor** | 90.5% | 90.8% | -0.3ppts | 91.2% | 90.1% | 1.0ppts |
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*Booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics
Month | Rolling 12 months |
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March 2025 | March 2024 | Change YoY | February 2025 | February 2024 | Change YoY | |||||
CO2 (MT) emissions | 467,497 | 442,368 | 5.7% | 5,796,439 | 5,720,139 | 1.3% | ||||
CO2 g per pax/km* | 51.0 | 51.5 | -1.0% | 52.2 | 52.0 | 0.3% | ||||
*rounded to one decimal place
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About Wizz Air
Wizz Air operates a fleet of 229 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 62.8 million passengers in 2024. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently named one of the world's top five 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 in 2021-2023 and "Best Airline for Carbon Reduction" by World Finance Sustainability Awards in 2024. Wizz Air also received "EMEA's Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" by the CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence 2024.
For more information:
Investors: Mark Simpson, Wizz Air investor.relations@wizzair.com
Media: Andras Rado, Wizz Air communications@wizzair.com
James McFarlane/Eleni Menikou/Charles Hirst, MHP Group wizz@mhpgroup.com
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