Wizz Air Holdings PLC November 2017 Traffic Statistics (3388Y)
December 05 2017 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 3388Y
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
05 December 2017
NOVEMBER 2017 TRAFFIC STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 22%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 1.5 PPTS TO 88.3%
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 5 December 2017: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the
largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today
announces passenger statistics for November 2017.
In November 2017, Wizz Air continued to expand its network,
operations and customer offering with the following
announcements:
-- Route network expansion with 22 new routes announced to/from
Poland (10x), Romania (5x), the UK (5x) and Ukraine (2x).
-- UK expansion with the acquisition of additional slots/stands
from Monarch Airlines at London-Luton taking the total number of
based aircraft to seven in 2018.
-- Fleet expansion with the delivery of a brand new Airbus
A321ceo aircraft, taking the fleet number to a total of 87.
-- Growth plans and cost position to 2026 further strengthened
with an order of an additional 146 Airbus A320neo family
aircraft.
Month Rolling 12 months
to:
---------------------- --------- -------------------------- ---------
November November Change 30 November 30 November Change
2017 2016 2017 2016
---------- ---------- --------- ------------ ------------ ---------
Capacity
(seats) 2,443,946 2,038,850 +19.9% 30,513,878 25,205,020 +21.1%
---------- ---------- --------- ------------ ------------ ---------
Passengers* 2,157,742 1,769,031 +22.0% 27,900,387 22,428,574 + 24.4%
---------- ---------- --------- ------------ ------------ ---------
Load Factor** 88.3% 86.8% +1.5ppts 91.4% 89.0% +2.5ppts
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*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 87 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321
aircraft, and offers more than 550 routes from 27 bases, connecting
145 destinations across 43 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of
approximately 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 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:
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November November Change 30 November 30 November Change
2017 2016 2017 2016
---------- ---------- ------- ------------ ------------ -------
Available
Seat Kilometres
(000s) 3,900,231 3,247,343 +20.1% 48,537,438 39,464,971 +23.0%
---------- ---------- ------- ------------ ------------ -------
Revenue
Passenger
Kilometres
(000s) 3,450,268 2,818,649 +22.4% 44,474,947 35,193,253 +26.4%
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For more information:
+36 1 777
Investors: Balint Veres, Wizz Air: 9349
+36 1 777
Media: Sorina Ratz, Wizz Air: 9304
Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, +44 20 3727
FTI Consulting LLP: 1017
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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