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Wizz Air Holdings PLC
02 August 2022
 

 

 


JULY 2022 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

 

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.76 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 61% YEAR-ON-YEAR

 

Ticker:  WIZZ

 

Geneva, 2 August 2022: 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 July 2022.

 

In July 2022, Wizz Air carried 4,760,725 passengers, representing a 61.1% increase compared to July 2021, at a load factor of 89.7%.

 

Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering in July, including:

 

·      Wizz Air announced launching of new routes from Abu Dhabi to the island of the Maldives and to Kuwait. The new routes will see Wizz Air Abu Dhabi fly to a total of 34 destinations within a five-hour flight time radius, since the airline launched in January 2021.

·      Wizz Air also announced routes from Romania, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Lithuania and Italy, adding to its winter 2022 schedule (October 2022 - March 2023). Additionally, it launched several new year-round and winter-only routes from London Luton and Gatwick, also from October 2022.

·      Wizz Air continuously operates amongst the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 58.6 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 July 2022. For the month of July, CO2 emissions in grams per passenger/km were 15.8% lower compared to same month last year, as we witness an improvement in load factors over same time.

 


Month



Rolling 12 months to:

 


July

2022

July

2021

Change**

 

31 July

2022

31 July

2021

Change

Capacity (seats)

5,307,253

3,766,735

40.9%


45,899,053

20,064,343

128.8%

Passengers*

4,760,725

2,956,043

61.1%


38,104,606

13,572,502

180.7%

Load Factor**

89.7%

78.5%

11.2ppts


83.0%

67.6%

15.4ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

 

 

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

 


Month



Rolling 12 months to:



July

2022

July

2021

Change*

 

31 July

2022

31 July

2021

Change

CO2 emissions in tonnes

418,290

294,802

41.9%


3,626,914

1,575,285

130.2%

CO2 grams per passenger/km*

54.4

64.6

-15.8%


58.6

72.0

-18.7%

*rounded to one decimal place

 

 

 

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the fastest growing European ultra-low-cost airline and one of the most sustainable, operates a fleet of 161 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 27.1 million passengers in the Financial Year F22 ending 31 March 2022. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently named one of the world's top ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and product rating agency, and 2020 Airline of the Year by ATW, the most coveted honour an airline or individual can receive, recognising individuals and organisations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding performance, innovation, and superior service, and was also rated the most sustainable airline in Europe by Sustainalytics in January 2022.

 

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For more information:




Investors:

Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air

+36 1 777 9407




Media:

Zsuzsa Trubek, Wizz Air

 

Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:

+36 70 652 4115

 

+44 20 3727 1017




 

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