Wizz Air carried 480,000 passengers in March 2021 (-72.6%)

Wizz Air Holdings Plc today announces passenger and CO₂ emission statistics for March 2021.

In March 2021, Wizz Air carried 480,000 passengers, operated just below 20% of its capacity at a load factor of 63%.  Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:

• Wizz Air announced its 42^nd base in Palermo, Italy, with two Airbus A321 aircraft from June 2021;
• A 4^th aircraft was allocated to a base in Tirana, Albania, from May 2021, enabling the start of six new routes to Malmö, Stockholm-Skavsta, Ancona, Pescara, Genova and Rome Ciampino;
• New routes were also announced from Tel Aviv to destinations in Greece, from Abu Dhabi to destinations in Kazakhstan and from Poland five new destinations across the Mediterranean;
• Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO₂ emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 79.5 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 March 2021. For the month of March, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 33% higher than last year due to the drop in load factor, while total CO₂ emissions in tonnes decreased at a slightly higher rate than capacity.

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

*rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

Geneva, 6 April 2021