February 2018 Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 5993G
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
05 March 2018
 

FEBRUARY 2018 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

 

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 24%

FURTHER EXPANSION AT LONDON LUTON

 

Ticker:  WIZZ

 

Geneva, 5 March 2018: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for February 2018.

 

In February 2018, Wizz Air continued to expand its network, operations and customer offering with the following announcements:

 

·      Route network expansion with 4 new routes announced to/from Romania (3x) and Poland (1x).

·      Further expansion at London Luton base with the allocation of an additional brand new Airbus A321 aircraft, increasing the fleet to 8 aircraft at the airport in 2018.

 


Month



Rolling 12 months to:



February

2018

February

2017

Change


28 February

2018

28 February

2017

Change

Capacity (seats)

2,331,546

1,874,080

+24.4%


31,919,822

26,114,960

+22.2%

Passengers*

2,126,955

1,722,038

+23.5%


29,134,520

23,446,130

+24.3%

Load Factor**

91.2%

91.9%

-0.7ppts


91.3%

89.8%

+1.5ppts

 

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

 

 

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 89 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 600 routes from 28 bases, connecting 145 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more than 3,500 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 23.8 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2017. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices. Wizz Air is registered under the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the global benchmark in airline safety recognition. The company was recently named 2017 - European Airline of the Year by Aviation 100, a renown annual publication that recognizes the year's most outstanding performers in the aerospace industry.

 

 

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 


Month



Rolling 12 months to:



February

2018

February

2017

Change


28 February

2018

28 February

2017

Change

Available Seat Kilometres (000s)

3,701,694

2,985,993

+24.0%


50,724,239

41,176,154

+23.2%

Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)

3,385,530

2,754,541

+22.9%


46,423,692

37,036,173

+25.3%

 

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For more information:





Investors:

Balint Veres, Wizz Air:

+36 1 777 9349




Media:

Sorina Ratz, Wizz Air:

+36 1 777 9304


Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:

+44 20 3727 1017

 


This information is provided by RNS
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