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Wizz Air Holdings PLC
02 August 2017
 

JULY 2017 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 24%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 1.8 PPTS TO 94.5%

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 2 August 2017: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for July 2017.

 

In July 2017, Wizz Air continued to expand its network, operations and customer offering with the following announcements:

 

·      Route network expansion with three new routes announced to/from Poland (1x) and Ukraine (2x) including Wizz Air's 142nd airport and 43rd country in its network flying to/from Tallinn in Estonia.

 

·      Base expansion with the deployment of a fourth Airbus A320ceo aircraft to Skopje in Macedonia and the opening of a second Bulgarian base in Varna.

 

·      Delivery of one brand new Airbus A321ceo taking the fleet to 84 aircraft.

 

·      Removing the Company's paid for cabin bag policy.

 


Month



Rolling 12 months to:



July

2017

July

2016

Change


31 July

2017

31 July

2016

Change

Capacity (seats)

2,991,504

2,465,720

+21.3%


28,378,524

23,930,500

+18.6%

Passengers*

2,827,331

2,285,601

+23.7%


25,758,964

21,174,354

+21.7%

Load Factor**

94.5%

92.7%

+1.8ppts


90.8%

88.5%

+2.3ppts

 

*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 84 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 500 routes from 28 bases, connecting 142 destinations across 43 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 3,300 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 23 million passengers in 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), a leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence.

 

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 


Month



Rolling 12 months to:



July

2017

July

2016

Change


31 July

2017

31 July

2016

Change

Available Seat Kilometres (000s)

4,755,433

3,879,573

+22.6%


45,033,492

37,132,445

+21.3%

Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)

4,486,125

3,590,692

+24.9%


40,946,550

32,924,342

+24.4%

 

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For more information:




Investors:

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

 


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