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4 Dec 2023 07:00
NOVEMBER 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.8 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 29% YEAR-ON-YEAR
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 4 December 2023: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the fastest growing and one of the most sustainable European airlines, today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for November 2023.
In November 2023, Wizz Air carried 4,760,154 passengers, representing a 29.3% increase compared to November 2022, at a load factor of 88.4%.
The airline continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering in November. During the month:
· Wizz Air Abu Dhabi operated its first flight from the new Abu Dhabi International Airport Terminal A, one of the first national carriers to fully move operations to the new world class facility.
· Following a comprehensive evaluation of safety factors, Wizz Air decided to restart inbound flights to Chisinau, Moldova from 14 December. It intends to gradually reintroduce operations, including reopening its base in Chisinau, while ensuring safe and secure operations for its crew and passengers.
· The airline decided to suspend operations in Israel until early January 2024. It continues to monitor the situation on the ground closely, and stands ready to redeploy capacity should conditions stabilize. ?
· Wizz Air received a Global Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year award for the second consecutive year (2022, 2023) at the CAPA Environmental Sustainability Awards for Excellence.
· Wizz Air continues to consistently report the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km among competitor airlines, with 51.4 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 30 November 2023. For the month of November, CO2 emissions were 52.7 grams per passenger/km (1.3% lower than the same month last year).
Month | Rolling 12 months |
| |||||
November 2023 | November 2022 | Change** |
| 30 November 2023 | 30 November 2022 | Change | |
Capacity (seats) | 5,384,679 | 4,180,104 | 28.8% | 65,313,017 | 51,169,429 | 27.6% | |
Passengers* | 4,760,154 | 3,682,516 | 29.3% | 59,528,613 | 44,119,923 | 34.9% | |
Load Factor** | 88.4% | 88.1% | 0.3pp | 91.1% | 86.2% | 4.9pp | |
*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**
Month | Rolling 12 months to: | ||||||
November 2023 | November 2022 | Change* |
| 30 November 2023 | 30 November 2022 | Change | |
CO2 emissions in tonnes | 452,743 | 343,874 | 31.7% | 5,406,571 | 4,071,974 | 32.8% | |
CO2 grams per passenger/km* | 52.7 | 53.3 | -1.1% | 51.4 | 55.7 | -7.8% | |
*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 191 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 2022-2023.
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For more information: | ||
Investors: | Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air | +36 1 777 9407 |
Media: | Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air
James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/ Charles Hirst, MHP Group: | +36 1 777 9324
+44 (0) 20 3128 8100 |
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