Wizz Air Holdings PLC October 2016 Traffic Statistics (1812O)
November 03 2016 - 3:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1812O
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
03 November 2016
October 2016 TRAFFIC STATISTICS:
WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 18%
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 3 November 2016: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the
largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today
announces passenger statistics for October 2016.
In October 2016, Wizz Air continued to expand its network,
strengthen its customer offering and operations with the following
announcements:
-- New base in Chisinau in Moldova, Wizz Air's 26(th) base
starting in March 2017.
-- Base expansion with a 7(th) new aircraft in Warsaw from June
2017.
-- Network expansion with 12 new routes to/from Poland (x9),
Moldova (x2) and Ukraine (x1) and the new destination to/from
Santander in Spain, Wizz Air's 130(th) airport.
-- Operational expansion with a new fixed base simulator
installed in Budapest.
Month Rolling 12 months
to:
------------------------- --------- ------------------------ ---------
October October 2015 Change 31 October 31 October Change
2016 2016 2015
---------- ------------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------
Capacity
(seats) 2,269,190 1,957,500 +15.9% 24,943,250 21,154,860 +17.9%
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Passengers* 2,041,639 1,726,610 +18.2% 22,144,824 18,604,909 +19.0%
---------- ------------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------
Load Factor** 90.0% 88.2% +1.8ppts 88.8% 87.9% +0.8ppts
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*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 73 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321
aircraft, and offers more than 450 routes from 26 bases, connecting
130 destinations across 38 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of
approximately 2,800 aviation professionals delivers superior
service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred
choice of 20 million passengers in the financial year ended 31
March 2016. 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 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air
Transport World, one of the leading airline trade magazines, as
well as 2016 Low Cost Airline of the Year by the Center for
Aviation (CAPA), the leading provider of independent aviation
market intelligence.
Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics
Month Rolling 12 months
to:
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October October Change 31 October 31 October Change
2016 2015 2016 2015
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Available
Seat Kilometres
(000s) 3,593,935 3,023,074 +18.9% 38,944,253 32,395,430 +20.2%
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Revenue
Passenger
Kilometres
(000s) 3,235,480 2,666,730 +21.3% 34,664,416 28,509,159 +21.6%
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For more information:
+41 22 555
Investors: Iain Wetherall, Wizz Air: 9873
+36 1 777
Balint Veres, Wizz Air: 9349
+36 1 777
Media: Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air: 9324
Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, +44 20 3727
FTI Consulting LLP: 1017
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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