Wizz Air Holdings PLC January 2019 Traffic Statistics (9046O)
February 04 2019 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9046O
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
04 February 2019
JANUARY 2019 TRAFFIC STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 10%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 0.4 PPTS TO 88.1%
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 4 February 2019: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the
largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today
announces passenger statistics for January 2019.
In January 2019, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and
improve its customer offering with the following announcements:
-- Route network expansion with 14 new routes announced to/from
Macedonia (8x), Romania (5x) and Albania (1x).
-- Base expansion in Macedonia and Romania with additional based
A320 family aircraft to be deployed in Skopje and Timisoara from
summer 2019.
Month Rolling 12 months to:
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January January Change 31 January 31 January Change
2019 2018 2019 2018
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Capacity (seats) 2,915,508 2,663,658 +9.5% 36,864,096 31,462,356 +17.2%
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Passengers* 2,569,229 2,336,206 +10.0% 34,047,145 28,729,603 +18.5%
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Load Factor** 88.1% 87.7% +0.4ppts 92.4% 91.3% +1.1ppts
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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 106 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 4,400 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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January January Change 31 January 31 January Change
2019 2018 2019 2018
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Available Seat
Kilometres
(000s) 4,768,336 4,220,723 +13.0% 59,385,430 50,008,537 +18.8%
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Revenue Passenger
Kilometres
(000s) 4,249,110 3,747,042 +13.4% 54,935,352 45,792,703 +20.0%
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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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