Wizz Air Holdings PLC March 2023 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics (0431V)
April 03 2023 - 2:00AM
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Wizz Air Holdings PLC
03 April 2023
MARCH 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.3 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 72%
YEAR-ON-YEAR
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 3 April 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 March
2023.
In March 2023, Wizz Air carried 4,267,274 passengers,
representing a 72.3% increase compared to March 2022, at a load
factor of 92.2%.
Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer
offering in March, including:
-- Wizz Air announce d addition of one more aircraft to the
Budapest base. A total fleet of 14 aircraft will serve additional
frequencies on routes from Hungary and will support addition of two
new destinations from Budapest to Copenhagen, Denmark and Sharm
el-Sheikh in Egypt.
-- Wizz Air celebrate d the launch of new routes from London
Luton Airport and Gatwick Airport to Istanbul , Turkey . Flights
from both airports will operate daily frequency.
-- Wizz Air announced the launch of a new route from Milan
Malpensa to Sphinx International Airport serving Cairo. T his is
Wizz Air's first connection to Egypt's capital city.
-- Wizz Air was named Airline of the Year at Air Transport
Awards. The annual awards are given to organizations in recognition
of excellence and of achievements in the aviation sector.
-- Wizz Air continuously operates amongst the lowest CO(2)
emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with
53.8 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 March
2023. For the month of March CO(2) emissions were 50.9 grams per
passenger/km (9.1% lower compared to same month last year).
Month Rolling 12 months
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March March Change 31 March 31 March Change
2023 2022 ** 2023 2022
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Capacity
(seats) 4,630,191 2,871,848 61.2% 58,190,556 34,625,404 68.1%
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Passengers* 4,267,274 2,476,105 72.3% 51,071,836 27,079,918 88.6%
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Load Factor** 92.2% 86.2% 5.9pp 87.8% 78.2% 9.6pp
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*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics**
Month Rolling 12 months
to:
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March March Change* 31 March 31 March Change
2023 2022 2023 2022
-------- -------- ---------- -------
CO2 emissions
in tonnes 394,107 233,773 68.6% 4,670,825 2,725,271 71.4%
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CO2 grams
per passenger/km* 50.9 56.0 -9.1% 53.8 62.5 -14.0%
-------- -------- -------- ---------- ---------- -------
*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 1 80 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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