APRIL 2024 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR CARRIED 4.9 MILLION PASSENGERS
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 2 May 2024: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), one of the most sustainable European airlines, today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for April 2024.
In April 2024, Wizz Air carried 4,911,849 passengers at a load factor of 90.3%. The capacity operated during the month was nearly flat year-on-year, reflecting the impact from GTF engine-related grounded fleet. Load factor came in slightly lower vs last year (-0.6 pp), impacted by the earlier Easter weekend causing the seasonal rise in outbound travel to fall in the prior month.
The airline continued to improve its network and customer offering in April. During the month:
· Wizz Air converted its entire London Luton Airport based fleet to the Airbus A321neo aircraft a year earlier than planned.
· Wizz Air announced its new aspirational target of powering 10% of its flights with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030. The new goal will support Wizz Air's commitment to reduce its carbon emissions per passenger/km by 25% by 2030.
· Wizz Air continues to consistently report the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km among competitor airlines, with 52.1 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 30 April 2024. For the month of April, CO2 emissions were 52.6 grams per passenger/km (2.4% higher than the same month last year, due to the grounding of a portion of the GTF-engine powered fleet).
| | Month | | | Rolling 12 months |
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| | April 2024 | April 2023 | Change** |
| 30 April 2024 | 30 April 2023 | Change |
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| Capacity (seats) | 5,438,481 | 5,418,024 | 0.4% | | 68,833,728 | 59,146,376 | 16.4% |
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| Passengers* | 4,911,849 | 4,927,076 | -0.3% | | 62,000,565 | 52,274,142 | 18.6% |
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| Load Factor** | 90.3% | 90.9% | -0.6ppts | | 90.1% | 88.4% | 1.7ppts |
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*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*
| | Month | | | Rolling 12 months |
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| | April 2024 | April 2023 | Change** |
| 30 April 2024 | 30 April 2023 | Change |
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| CO2 emissions in tonnes | 451,591 | 447,788 | 0.8% | | 5,723,942 | 4,768,126 | 20.0% |
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| CO2 grams per passenger/km** | 52.6 | 51.3 | 2.4% | | 52.1 | 53.3 | -2.3% |
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* excluding cargo flights
**rounded to one decimal place
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ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air, one of the most sustainable European airlines, operates a fleet of 207 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 62 million passengers in the financial year ending 31 March 2024. 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.
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| Investors: | Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air | +36 1 777 9407 |
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| Media: | Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air
James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/ Charles Hirst, MHP Group: | +36 1 777 9324
+44 (0) 20 3128 8100 |
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