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March 2018 Traffic Statistics

4 Apr 2018 07:00

RNS Number : 7124J
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
04 April 2018
 

MARCH 2018 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

 

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 25%LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 1.1 PPTS TO 91.5%

 

Ticker: WIZZ

 

Geneva, 4 April 2018: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for March 2018.

 

In March 2018, Wizz Air continued to expand its network, operations and customer offering with the following announcements:

 

· Route network expansion with 10 new routes announced to/from Austria (9x) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1x).

· Delivery of 5 brand new Airbus A320 family aircraft, taking the fleet to 93 aircraft.

· Expansion of Wizz Air Pilot Academy into the Romanian market aiding the company's immediate plans to internally train 150 pilots per year.

 

 

Month

 

 

Rolling 12 months to:

 

 

March

2018

March

2017

Change

 

31 March

2018

31 March

2017

Change

Capacity (seats)

2,706,432

2,187,500

+23.7%

 

32,438,754

26,378,840

+23.0%

Passengers*

2,476,153

1,978,316

+25.2%

 

29,632,357

23,764,385

+24.7%

Load Factor**

91.5%

90.4%

+1.1ppts

 

91.3%

90.1%

+1.3ppts

 

*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 93 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 600 routes from 28 bases, connecting 141 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more than 3,500 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 23.8 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2017. 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 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:

 

 

March

2018

March

2017

Change

 

31 March

2018

31 March

2017

Change

Available Seat Kilometres (000s)

4,302,205

3,489,458

+23.3%

 

51,536,986

41,690,967

+23.6%

Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)

3,954,048

3,168,061

+24.8%

 

47,209,679

37,627,831

+25.5%

 

 

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For more information:

 

 

 

 

Investors:

Balint Veres, Wizz Air:

+36 1 777 9349

 

 

 

Media:

Sorina Ratz, Wizz Air:

+36 1 777 9304

 

Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:

+44 20 3727 1017

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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