Wizz Air Holdings PLC January 2023 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics (6456O)

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 February 2023

JANUARY 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.1 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 73% YEAR-ON-YEAR

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 2 February 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 January 2023.

In January 2023, Wizz Air carried 4,149,850 passengers, representing a 73.1% increase compared to January 2023, at a load factor of 86.0%.

Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering in January, including:

-- Wizz Air announced flights to Istanbul, Antalya and Dalaman in Turkey. The routes will commence as of March 2023 connecting T urkey with Hungary, Romania, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.

-- Wizz Air inaugurated three new connections between Bucharest and Jeddah, Budapest and Jeddah and Rome and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The airline is currently operating 12 routes to Saudi Arabia from its main bases in Europe.

-- Wizz Air also announced its biggest Armenian route development from Yerevan to Katowice, Prague, Dortmund, and Sofia. The new routes will be served twice a week starting from April and June 2023.

-- On 16 January 2023, Airline Economics magazine awarded Wizz Air "European Capital Markets Deal of the Year" for its 500m euro bond issued in 2022.

-- Wizz Air continuously operates amongst the lowest CO(2) emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 54.6 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 January 2023. For the month of January CO(2) emissions were 51.2 grams per passenger/km (14.5% lower compared to same month last year).

 
                             Month                       Rolling 12 months 
                    ----------------------  -------  ------------------------  ------- 
                      January     January    Change   31 January   31 January   Change 
                        2023        2022       **        2023         2022 
                    ----------              -------  -----------               ------- 
 Capacity (seats)    4,822,972   3,012,436   60.1%    54,483,462   30,959,602   76.0% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 Passengers*         4,149,850   2,396,684   73.1%    47,415,081   23,545,791   101.4% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 Load Factor**         86.0%       79.6%     6.4pp      87.0%        76.1%      11.0pp 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  -------

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**

 
                         Month                      Rolling 12 months 
                                                           to: 
                  ------------------  --------  ------------------------  ------- 
                   January   January   Change*   31 January   31 January   Change 
                     2023      2022                 2023         2022 
                  --------            --------  -----------               ------- 
 CO2 emissions 
  in tonnes        382,749   237,559    61.1%    4,346,116    2,418,053    79.7% 
                  --------  --------  --------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 CO2 grams per 
  passenger/km*     51.2      59.9     -14.5%       54.6         64.4      -15.2% 
                  --------  --------  --------  -----------  -----------  -------

*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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