OCTOBER 2024 TRAFFIC AND CO2
EMISSIONS
WIZZ AIR CARRIED 5.6 MILLION
PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 4% YEAR-ON-YEAR
Ticker:
WIZZ
Geneva, 4 November 2024: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), one of the most
sustainable European airlines, announces passenger and
CO2 emission statistics for October
2024.
Wizz Air carried 5.6 million
passengers during the month of October, an increase of 4.1% year on
year. Seat capacity was up 3.7%YoY, despite the Pratt & Whitney
GTF engine-related groundings, resulting in a load factor of 92.9%,
up 40bps 70bps on last year's 92.5%.
During the month:
- Wizz Air announced on October
21st that it will open a temporary base in Chisinau,
Moldova, commencing direct connections to 16 destinations from
December 16th.
- Wizz Air also officially opened its
new €38m training centre in Rome Fiumicino on October
1st, with the facility able to provide recurrent
training for over 4,800 pilots a year.
- While still
one of the leading airlines in terms of lower emissions per
passenger, October saw CO2/RPK emission increase by 1.9%
YoY, to 51.6 grams/RPK. This reflected flying a suboptimal fleet
mix due to the GTF related groundings of some of Wizz Air's
A321neos. With that said, this was an improvement on the 52.3g of
CO2/ RPK emitted in September.
- Wizz also
announced on October 21st that it is collaborating with
Airbus in a SAF trial on its Barcelona to
Budapest (BCN-BUD) and Brussels Charleroi to Budapest (CRL-BUD)
routes.
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Month
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Rolling 12 months
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October
2024
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October
2023
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Change
YoY
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October
2024
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October
2023
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Change
YoY
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Capacity (seats)
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6,056,365
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5,843,047
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3.7%
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69,376,724
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64,108,442
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8.2%
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Passengers*
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5,627,110
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5,404,480
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4.1%
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62,511,067
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58,450,975
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6.9%
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Load Factor**
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92.9%
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92.5%
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0.4ppts
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90.1%
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91.2%
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-1.1ppts
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*booked passengers
**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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October
2024
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October
2023
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Change
YoY
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October
2024
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October
2023
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Change
YoY
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CO2 (MT)
emissions
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508,296
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487,676
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4.2%
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5,786,374
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5,297,702
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9.2%
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CO2g per pax/km**
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51.6
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50.7
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1.9%
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52.7
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51.4
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2.6%
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* excluding cargo flights
**rounded to one decimal
place
- Ends -
ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air, one of the most
sustainable European airlines, operates a fleet of over 220 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 62 million passengers in the financial year
ending 31 March 2024. 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
2021-2024 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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Mark Simpson, Wizz Air
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+36 1 777 9407
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Dorottya Durucsko, Wizz
Air
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Media:
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Andras Rado, Wizz Air
James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/
Charles Hirst, MHP Group:
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communications@wizzair.com
+44 (0) 20 3128 8100
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