JANUARY 2025 TRAFFIC AND CO2 STATISTICS
POSITIVE LOAD AND EMISSION TRENDS CONTINUE
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 4 February 2025: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), one of the most sustainable European airlines, announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for January 2025.
Wizz Air carried 4.93 million passengers during the month of January, a 4% increase year on year. Seat capacity was down 0.8% YoY, resulting in a load factor of 86%, 4 ppts up on last year's load factor of 82.0%.
During the month:
· The positive yield environment and booking profile continued into January, in line with commentary made in the airline's Q3 results announcement on 30th January 2025.
· Wizz Air maintained the positive load factor trend that began in November 2024, with a 4ppt increase in January, following a 3.1ppt and 4.3ppt improvement in November and December, respectively.
· Wizz Air continues to be one of the leading airlines in terms of lower emissions per passenger, reporting a 3.4% decline year on year in January's CO2 emissions per RPK, with this coming in at 53.7 grammes, down almost 2 grammes per RPK.
| | Month | | | Rolling 12 months |
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| | January 2025 | January 2024 | Change YoY |
| January 2025 | January 2024 | Change YoY |
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| Capacity (seats) | 5,734,922 | 5,783,426 | -0.8% | | 69,044,414 | 67,370,107 | 2.5% |
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| Passengers* | 4,931,319 | 4,741,820 | 4.0% | | 62,876,210 | 60,905,130 | 3.2% |
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| Load Factor** | 86.0% | 82.0% | 4.0ppts | | 91.1% | 90.4% | 0.7ppts |
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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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| | January 2025 | January 2024 | Change YoY | | January 2025 | January 2024 | Change YoY |
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| CO2 (MT) emissions | 480,200 | 481,778 | -0.3% | | 5,760,153 | 5,600,153 | 2.9% |
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| CO2 g per pax/km** | 53.7 | 55.6 | -3.4% | | 52.3 | 51.8 | 0.9% |
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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 over 220 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 2021-2024, and the "Global Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" in 2022-2023 and the "EMEA Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" in 2024 by the CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence.
For more information:
Investors: Mark Simpson, Wizz Air +36 1 777 9407
Media: Andras Rado, Wizz Air +36 1 777 9324
James McFarlane/Eleni Menikou/Charles Hirst, MHP Group wizz@mhpgroup.com
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