LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 2.9 PPTS TO 91.2%
Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”) today announces passenger statistics for November 2018.
In November 2018, Wizz Air continued to grow its network, enhance its operations and improve its customer offering with the following announcements:
- Krakow to become Wizz Air’s 26th base with two brand new Airbus A321 aircraft deployed from summer 2019 operating 12 new routes to nine countries.
- Further consolidation of Wizz Air’s number one market position Hungary and Romania with the deployment of a two additional brand new Airbus A321 aircraft.
- Route network expansion with 17 new routes announced to/from Poland and Ukraine (12x), Hungary (2x), Romania (2x) and Lithuania (1x).
- Fleet expansion with the delivery of an additional brand new Airbus A321, taking Wizz Air’s current fleet to 105 aircraft.
- Inauguration of Wizz Air’s brand new €30 million state-of-the-art pilot and cabin crew training centre in Budapest. The facility currently operates two full-motion simulators and can train up to 300 crew members on a daily basis.
Month | Rolling 12 months to: | ||||||
November 2018 | November 2017 | Change | 30 November 2018 | 30 November 2017 | Change | ||
Capacity (seats) | 2,631,744 | 2,443,946 | +7.7% | 36,187,300 | 30,513,878 | +18.6% | |
Passengers* | 2,400,337 | 2,157,742 | +11.2% | 33,401,909 | 27,900,387 | +19.7% | |
Load Factor** | 91.2% | 88.3% | +2.9ppts | 92.3% | 91.4% | +0.9ppts |
*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics
Month | Rolling 12 months to: | ||||||
November 2018 | November 2017 | Change | 30 November 2018 | 30 November 2017 | Change | ||
Available Seat Kilometres (000s) | 4,303,592 | 3,900,231 | +10.3% | 58,029,638 | 48,537,438 | +19.6% | |
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s) | 3,923,176 | 3,450,268 | +13.7% | 53,656,356 | 44,474,947 | +20.6% |
Dec 4, 2018, 10:00