June 2015 Traffic Statistics

RNS Number : 1816S
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
06 July 2015
 

JUNE 2015 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS JUNE PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 18%

Geneva, 6 July 2015: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced passenger statistics for June 2015 together with a summary of important business developments delivered during the month. 

In June 2015, Wizz Air announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding relating to an order (subject to shareholder consent) for 110 Airbus A321 neo aircraft, worth in excess of $12.5 billion at current list prices.

Wizz Air also expanded its fleet, base and route network including:

·     Two new bases opened in Slovakia (Kosice), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tuzla)

·     One new destination added: Birmingham, Wizz Air's eighth UK destination

·     Five new routes added: (x1) Hungary, (1x) Poland, (x2) Moldova, (x1) Romania

·     Three new A320's have been added to its fleet bringing the current fleet to 62 A320 aircraft

Wizz Air continues to enhance its offering for customers and launched a new website in June which has been optimized for mobile devices.

June Traffic Statistics


Month



Rolling 12 months to:



June 2015

June 2014

Change


30 June 2015

30 June 2014

Change

Capacity (seats)

1,903,320

1,630,800

+16.7%


19,871,100

16,864,020

+17.8%

Passengers*

1,728,840

1,463,037

+18.2%


17,304,857

14,491,135

+19.4%

Load Factor**

90.8%

89.7%

+1.1ppts


87.1%

85.9%

+1.2ppts

 

*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 62 Airbus A320 aircraft and offers over 380 routes from 22 bases, connecting 112 destinations across 38 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 2,200 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 16.5 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2015. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker: WIZZ

 

 

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 


Month



Rolling 12 months to



June 2015

June 2014

Change


30 June 2015

30 June 2014

Change

Available Seat Kilometres (000s)

2,919,887

2,541,079

14.9%


30,513,629

25,626,198

19.1%

Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)

2,649,754

2,267,519

16.9%


26,576,664

21,968,282

21.0%

 

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For more information:




Investors:

Iain Wetherall, Wizz Air:

+41 22 555 9873




Media:

Doug Oliver, Wizz Air:

+36 70 777 9342





Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:

+44 20 3727 1000

 

Notes for Editors:

·      All flights operated on Airbus A320 aircraft, with 180 seats.

·      For free pictures of aircraft, crews and logo library please visit http://wizzair.com/en-GB/press

 


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