October 2019 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics

OCTOBER 2019 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS IN OCTOBER BY 21% TO 3.7 MILLION
LOAD FACTOR INCREASES BY 1.3PPTs TO 95%

Ticker:  WIZZ

Geneva, 5 November 2019: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for October 2019.

In October 2019, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:

·      Route network expansion with the announcement of a new station in Zaporizhzhya (Ukraine) with six new routes starting in March 2020.

·      Fleet expansion with the delivery of a brand new A321neo game-changer aircraft, taking the fleet to 120 aircraft. The Airbus A321neo is powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines, features the widest single-aisle cabin with 239 seats in a single class configuration and offers Wizz Air maximum flexibility, fuel efficiency and lowest possible operating costs.

·      Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines. At 56.8 grams, CO2 emissions in grams per passenger/km for the month of October were 2.0% lower than in the same month last year.   

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

*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 120 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 710 routes from 25 bases, connecting 151 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 37 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.

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