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October 2016 Traffic Statistics

3 Nov 2016 07:00

RNS Number : 1812O
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
03 November 2016
 

October 2016 TRAFFIC STATISTICS:

 

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 18%

 

Ticker: WIZZ

 

Geneva, 3 November 2016: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for October 2016.

 

In October 2016, Wizz Air continued to expand its network, strengthen its customer offering and operations with the following announcements:

 

· New base in Chisinau in Moldova, Wizz Air's 26th base starting in March 2017.

· Base expansion with a 7th new aircraft in Warsaw from June 2017.

· Network expansion with 12 new routes to/from Poland (x9), Moldova (x2) and Ukraine (x1) and the new destination to/from Santander in Spain, Wizz Air's 130th airport.

· Operational expansion with a new fixed base simulator installed in Budapest.

 

Month

Rolling 12 months to:

October 2016

October 2015

Change

31 October 2016

31 October 2015

Change

Capacity (seats)

2,269,190

1,957,500

+15.9%

24,943,250

21,154,860

+17.9%

Passengers*

2,041,639

1,726,610

+18.2%

22,144,824

18,604,909

+19.0%

Load Factor**

90.0%

88.2%

+1.8ppts

88.8%

87.9%

+0.8ppts

 

*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 73 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 450 routes from 26 bases, connecting 130 destinations across 38 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 2,800 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 20 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2016. 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 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the leading airline trade magazines, as well as 2016 Low Cost Airline of the Year by the Center for Aviation (CAPA), the leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence.

 

 

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 

Month

Rolling 12 months to:

October 2016

October2015

Change

31 October 2016

31 October2015

Change

Available Seat Kilometres (000s)

3,593,935

3,023,074

+18.9%

38,944,253

32,395,430

+20.2%

Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)

3,235,480

2,666,730

+21.3%

34,664,416

28,509,159

+21.6%

 

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For more information:

Investors:

Iain Wetherall, Wizz Air:

+41 22 555 9873

Balint Veres, Wizz Air:

+36 1 777 9349

Media:

Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air:

+36 1 777 9324

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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