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Wizz Air Holdings PLC
03 January 2023
DECEMBER 2022 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.2 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 58%
YEAR-ON-YEAR
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 3 January 2023: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the
fastest growing and one of the most sustainable European airline s
, today announces passenger and CO(2) emission statistics for
December 2022.
In December 2022, Wizz Air carried 4,180,310 passengers,
representing a 58.4% increase compared to December 2021, at a load
factor of 84.5%.
Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer
offering in December, including:
-- Wizz Air launched new routes from Italy to Saudi Arabia,
including Milan to Jeddah and Rome to Riyadh. It also commenced
flying from Austria to Saudi Arabia, connecting Vienna to both
Jeddah and Riyadh.
-- Wizz Air has announced further expansion at following bases:
(i) two additional A321neo aircraft at Rome Fiumicino, Italy
bringing the total number of aircraft to nine, (ii) one additional
A321neo aircraft at Vienna, Austria for a total of six aircraft,
(iii) one additional A321neo aircraft at Warsaw, Poland for a total
of ten aircraft, (iv) one additional A321neo aircraft at Tirana,
Albania for a total of ten aircraft, (v) one additional A321neo
aircraft at Kutaisi, Georgia for a total of three aircraft and (vi)
one additional A321ceo aircraft at Belgrade, Serbia for a total of
four aircraft. All additional aircraft will operate new routes and
increased frequencies from 2023.
-- Wizz Air celebrated opening of its Suceava, Romania base with
first of the two aircraft and the arrival of the fourth aircraft,
an A321neo, to Iasi base in Romania. At the same time, Wizz Air
also celebrated the arrival of seventh A321neo aircraft to its base
in Sofia, Bulgaria. With this arrival Wizz Air's fleet in Bulgaria
reaches the total of ten aircraft.
-- Wizz Air continuously operates amongst the lowest CO(2)
emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with
55.2 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31
December 2022. For the month of December CO(2) emissions were 55.3
grams per passenger/km (13.3% lower compared to same month last
year).
Month Rolling 12 months
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December December Change 31 December 31 December Change
2022 2021 ** 2022 2021
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Capacity (seats) 4,947,470 3,498,880 41.4% 52,672,926 28,887,576 82.3%
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Passengers* 4,180,310 2,638,331 58.4% 45,661,915 21,722,799 110.2%
---------- ---------- -------- ------------ ------------ ---------
Load Factor** 84.5% 75.4% 9.1ppts 86.7% 75.2% 11.5ppts
---------- ---------- -------- ------------ ------------ ---------
*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**
Month Rolling 12 months
to:
-------------------- -------- -------------------------- -------
December December Change* 31 December 31 December Change
2022 2021 2022 2021
--------- -------- ------------ -------
CO2 emissions
in tonnes 405,591 276,639 46.6% 4,200,926 2,253,911 86.4%
--------- --------- -------- ------------ ------------ -------
CO2 grams per
passenger/km* 55.3 63.8 -13.3% 55.2 65.3 -15.4%
--------- --------- -------- ------------ ------------ -------
*rounded to one decimal place
**excluding cargo flights
ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air, the fastest growing European ultra-low-cost airline
and one of the most sustainable, operates a fleet of 17 7 Airbus
A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals
delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the
preferred choice of 40.0 million passengers in the financial year
F20 ending 31 March, 2020 and 27.1 million passengers in the
financial year F22 ending 31 March 2022. Wizz Air is listed on the
London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was
recently named one of the world's top ten safest airlines by
airlineratings.com , the world's only safety and product rating
agency, and 2020 Airline of the Year by ATW, the most coveted
honour an airline or individual can receive, recognizing
individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves
through outstanding performance, innovation, and superior service.
Wizz Air is a recipient of CAPA's prestigious Global Environmental
Sustainability Airline Group of the year award, 202 2 .
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For more information:
Investors: Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air +36 1 777 9407
Zsuzsa Trubek, Wizz Air
+36 70 652 4115
Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting
Media: LLP: +44 20 3727 1017
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