Wizz Air Holdings PLC November 2018 Traffic Statistics (2872J)
December 04 2018 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2872J
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
04 December 2018
NOVEMBER 2018 TRAFFIC STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 11%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 2.9 PPTS TO 91.2%
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 4 December 2018: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the
largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today
announces passenger statistics for November 2018.
In November 2018, Wizz Air continued to grow its network,
enhance its operations and improve its customer offering with the
following announcements:
-- Krakow to become Wizz Air's 26(th) base with two brand new
Airbus A321 aircraft deployed from summer 2019 operating 12 new
routes to nine countries.
-- Further consolidation of Wizz Air's number one market
position Hungary and Romania with the deployment of a two
additional brand new Airbus A321 aircraft.
-- Route network expansion with 17 new routes announced to/from
Poland and Ukraine (12x), Hungary (2x), Romania (2x) and Lithuania
(1x).
-- Fleet expansion with the delivery of an additional brand new
Airbus A321, taking Wizz Air's current fleet to 105 aircraft.
-- Inauguration of Wizz Air's brand new EUR30 million
state-of-the-art pilot and cabin crew training centre in Budapest.
The facility currently operates two full motion simulators and can
train up to 300 crew members on a daily basis.
Month Rolling 12 months to:
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November November Change 30 November 30 November Change
2018 2017 2018 2017
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Capacity (seats) 2,631,744 2,443,946 +7.7% 36,187,300 30,513,878 +18.6%
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Passengers* 2,400,337 2,157,742 +11.2% 33,401,909 27,900,387 +19.7%
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Load Factor** 91.2% 88.3% +2.9ppts 92.3% 91.4% +0.9ppts
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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 105 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321
aircraft, and offers more than 600 routes from 26 bases, connecting
144 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more
than 4,000 aviation professionals delivers superior service and
very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of over
33 million passengers in the past 12 months. 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 recently received the highest
7-star safety rating by airlineratings.com, a world's only safety
and product rating agency, as well as 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:
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November November Change 30 November 30 November Change
2018 2017 2018 2017
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Available Seat
Kilometres
(000s) 4,303,592 3,900,231 +10.3% 58,029,638 48,537,438 +19.6%
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Revenue Passenger
Kilometres
(000s) 3,923,176 3,450,268 +13.7% 53,656,356 44,474,947 +20.6%
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For more information:
Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air: +36 1 777 9324
Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting
LLP: +44 20 3727 1017
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