Wizz Air Holdings PLC May 2019 Traffic Statistics (9940A)
June 04 2019 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9940A
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
04 June 2019
MAY 2019 TRAFFIC STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 22.4%
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 2.0 PPTS TO 93.9%
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 4 June 2019: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the
largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today
announces passenger statistics for May 2019.
In May 2019, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve
its customer offering as follows:
-- Route network expansion with the start of 9 new routes
from/to: Poland (7x) and Ukraine (2x).
-- Opening of newest Polish base in Krakow with three based A320
family aircraft deployed in May, August and September in summer
2019.
-- Wizz Air was named 2019 Airline of the Year by Air Transport
Awards, the only international prizes that award all the main
categories of the air transport industry.
-- Celebration of 15 years of operation and a remarkable
milestone of 200 million carried passengers.
Month Rolling 12 months to:
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May May Change 31 May 31 May Change
2019 2018 2019 2018
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Capacity (seats) 3,697,170 3,086,626 19.8% 38,411,496 33,359,776 15.1%
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Passengers* 3,470,889 2,836,380 22.4% 35,725,349 30,513,700 17.1%
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Load Factor** 93.9% 91.9% 2.0ppts 93.0% 91.5% 1.5ppts
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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 113 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321
aircraft, and offers more than 650 routes from 25 bases, connecting
146 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more
than 4,500 aviation professionals delivers superior service and
very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of over
35 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, the world's only safety
and product rating agency, and was recently named 2017 - European
Airline of the Year by Aviation 100, a renowned annual publication
that recognizes the year's most outstanding performers in the
aerospace industry.
Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics
Month Rolling 12 months to:
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May May Change 31 May 31 May Change
2019 2018 2019 2018
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Available Seat
Kilometres
(000s) 6,003,311 4,959,269 21.1% 62,324,686 53,058,285 17.5%
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Revenue Passenger
Kilometres
(000s) 5,656,397 4,550,933 24.3% 58,084,545 48,649,948 19.4%
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For more information:
Investors: Evelin Horvath, Wizz Air +41 22 555 9863
Media: Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air: +36 1 777 9324
Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting
LLP: +44 20 3727 1017
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