February 2019 Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 6825R
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
04 March 2019
 

FEBRUARY 2019 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

 

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 13%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 3.0 PPTS TO 94.2%

 

Ticker:  WIZZ

 

Geneva, 4 March 2019: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for February 2019.

 

In February 2019, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering with the following announcements:

 

·      Route network expansion with five new routes announced to/from Poland (2x), Ukraine (2x) and Budapest (1x), and two new destination airport announced to Castellón (Spain) and Bodø (Norway).

 

·      Fleet expansion with the delivery of two additional brand new Airbus A321 aircraft, taking current Wizz Air's fleet to 108 aircraft.

 

 

Month

 

 

Rolling 12 months to:

 

 

February

2019

February

2018

Change

 

28 February

2019

28 February

2018

Change

Capacity (seats)

2,548,062   

2,331,546   

+9.3%

 

37,080,612

31,919,822

+16.2%

Passengers*

2,400,692   

2,126,955   

+12.9%

 

34,320,882

29,134,520

+17.8%

Load Factor**

94.2%

91.2%

+3.0ppts

 

92.6%

91.3%

+1.3ppts

 

*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 108 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 650 routes from 26 bases, connecting 146 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more than 4,400 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of over 34 million passengers in the past 12 months. 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 recently received the highest 7-star safety rating by airlineratings.com, a world's only safety and product rating agency, as well as 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

2019

February

2018

Change

 

28 February

2019

28 February

2018

Change

Available Seat Kilometres (000s)

4,174,343

3,701,694

+12.8%

 

59,858,078

50,724,239

+18.0%

Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)

3,943,254

3,385,530

+16.5%

 

55,493,076

46,423,692

+19.5%

 

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For more information:

 

 

 

Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air:

+36 1 777 9324

 

 

Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:

+44 20 3727 1017

 


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