JANUARY 2024 TRAFFIC
AND
CO2 EMISSION
STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.7 MILLION
PASSENGERS,
AN INCREASE OF 14%
YEAR-ON-YEAR
Ticker:
WIZZ
Geneva, 2 February 2024: Wizz
Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the fastest growing and one of the
most sustainable European airlines, today announces passenger and
CO2 emission statistics for January 2024.
In January 2024, Wizz Air carried
4,740,815 passengers, representing a 14.2% increase year-on-year,
at a load factor of 82.0% (primarily attributable to an increase in
one-directional VFR traffic and the reallocation of capacity in
response to evolving geopolitical events). Wizz Air is actively
implementing measures to optimize our network and adapt to these
dynamic conditions, with the aim of enhancing efficiency and
supporting a recovery in load factors going forward.
The airline continued to grow its
network and improve its customer offering in January. During the
month:
· Wizz
Air reinstated flights between Aqaba (Jordan) and Abu Dhabi,
starting from 4th February.
· Wizz
Air announced it will restart operations into Tel Aviv, with routes
from Budapest, Sofia, Bucharest, Krakow, London and Rome opening
from the beginning of March.
· The
UK's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed Wizz Air is fully compliant
with commitments made to customers.
· Wizz
Air continues to consistently report the lowest CO2
emissions per passenger/km among competitor airlines, with 51.8
grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 January
2024. For the month of January, CO2 emissions were 54.9
grams per passenger/km (7.2% higher than the same month last
year).
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Month
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Rolling 12 months
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January
2024
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January
2023
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Change**
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31 January
2024
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31 January
2023
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Change
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Capacity (seats)
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5,783,426
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4,822,972
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19.9%
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67,370,107
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54,483,223
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23.7%
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Passengers*
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4,740,815
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4,149,850
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14.2%
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60,904,125
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47,415,081
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28.4%
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Load Factor**
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82.0%
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86.0%
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-4.1pp
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90.4%
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87.0%
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3.4pp
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*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal
place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*
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Month
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Rolling 12 months
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January
2024
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January
2023
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Change**
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31 January
2024
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31 January
2023
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Change
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CO2 emissions in tonnes
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475,294
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382,749
|
24.2%
|
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5,593,552
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4,346,116
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28.7%
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CO2 grams per
passenger/km**
|
54.9
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51.2
|
7.2%
|
|
51.8
|
54.6
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-5.2%
|
|
|
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* excluding cargo flights
**rounded to one decimal
place
- Ends -
ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air, the fastest growing
European ultra-low-cost airline, operates a fleet of 198 Airbus
A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals
delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the
preferred choice of 60.3 million passengers in 2023. Wizz Air is
listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The
company was recently named the World's Top 5 Safest Low-Cost
Airlines 2024 by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and
product rating agency, and named Airline of the Year by Air
Transport Awards in 2019 and in 2023. Wizz Air has also been
recognised as the "Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline" within the
World Finance Sustainability Awards in 2021-2023 and the "Global
Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" by the
CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence
2022-2023.
For more information:
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Investors:
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Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air
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+36 1 777 9407
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Media:
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Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air
James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/
Charles Hirst, MHP Group:
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+36 1 777 9324
+44 (0) 20 3128 8100
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