FEBRUARY 2024 TRAFFIC
AND
CO2 EMISSION
STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.4 MILLION
PASSENGERS,
AN INCREASE OF 16%
YEAR-ON-YEAR
Ticker:
WIZZ
Geneva, 4 March 2024: Wizz Air
Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the fastest growing and one of the most
sustainable European airlines, today announces passenger and
CO2 emission statistics for February 2024.
In February 2024, Wizz Air carried
4,385,695 passengers, representing a 15.8% increase year-on-year,
at a load factor of 90.0%. The February
load factor continued to be impacted by reallocated Israel capacity
and more flown capacity than anticipated, as some of the aircraft
groundings related to the mandatory GTF engine inspections occurred
later than expected.
The airline continued to grow its
network and improve its customer offering in February. During the
month:
· Wizz
Air announced the opening of its second training center in Rome
scheduled for May of 2024. The training center will house three
full-flight simulators with capacity to train over 4800 Wizz Air
pilots yearly.
· Wizz
Air strengthened its leading position in Hungary by adding two
Airbus A321neos to its Budapest based fleet and has announced
official partnership with the Hungarian Olympic Committee.
· Wizz
Air improved its score in CDP's 2023 (Carbon Disclosure Project)
global environmental impact ranking. An overall "B" score in the
CDP ranking indicates that Wizz Air is taking coordinated action on
climate issues.
· Wizz
Air has been awarded 'Strategic Investment of The Year - Europe' at
the 2023 SAF Investor Awards, recognizing Wizz Air's equity
investment in Firefly Green Fuels, a UK-based biofuel company
dedicated to SAF production from sewage sludge.
· Wizz
Air continues to consistently report the lowest CO2
emissions per passenger/km among competitor airlines, with 52.0
grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 29 February
2024. For the month of February, CO2 emissions were 51.4
grams per passenger/km (5.1% higher than the same month last
year).
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Month
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Rolling 12 months
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February
2024
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February
2023
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Change**
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29 February
2024
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28 February
2023
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Change
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Capacity (seats)
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4,872,083
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4,059,387
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20.0%
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68,182,803
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56,431,974
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20.8%
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Passengers*
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4,385,695
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3,786,739
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15.8%
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61,504,086
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49,280,667
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24.8%
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Load Factor**
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90.0%
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93.3%
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-3.3pp
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90.2%
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87.3%
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2.9pp
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*booked passengers; January 2024
passengers figure of 4,740,815 revised up by 1,005 passengers to
4,741,820 due to a reporting error.
**rounded to one decimal
place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*
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Month
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Rolling 12 months
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February
2024
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February
2023
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Change**
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29 February
2024
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28 February
2023
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Change
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CO2 emissions in tonnes
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409,624
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337,782
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21.3%
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5,671,878
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4,510,491
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25.7%
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CO2 grams per
passenger/km**
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51.4
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48.9
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5.1%
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52.0
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54.2
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-4.1%
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* excluding cargo flights; January
2024 CO2 emissions of 475,294 tons revised up by 6,484 tons to
481,778 tons due to a reporting error.
**rounded to one decimal place;
January 2024 CO2 grams per passenger/km revised up by 0.7g to 55.6g
due to a reporting error.
- Ends -
ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air, the fastest growing
European ultra-low-cost airline, operates a fleet of 201 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 60.3 million passengers in 2023. Wizz Air is
listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The
company was recently named the World's Top 5 Safest Low-Cost
Airlines 2024 by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and
product rating agency, and named Airline of the Year by Air
Transport Awards in 2019 and in 2023. Wizz Air has also been
recognised as the "Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline" within the
World Finance Sustainability Awards in 2021-2023 and the "Global
Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" by the
CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence
2022-2023.
For more information:
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Investors:
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Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air
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+36 1 777 9407
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Media:
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Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air
James
McFarlane/Eleni Menikou/Charles Hirst, MHP
Group:
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+36 1 777 9324
+44 (0) 20 3128 8100
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