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Wizz Air grows passenger numbers by 23% in January 2017

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JANUARY 2017 TRAFFIC STATISTICS:

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 23%, LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 4.5 PPTS TO 88%

Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”) today announces passenger statistics for January 2017.

In January 2017, Wizz Air continued to expand its network with the following announcements:

  • Network further expanded with two new routes announced in January to/from, Poland (1), and Bulgaria (1).
  • Two new routes commenced operation to/from Poland (1), and Lithuania (1).

Month

January 2017

January 2016

Change

Capacity (seats)

2,133,520

1,823,600

+17.0%

Passengers*

1,877,762

1,522,901

+23.3%

Load Factor**

88.0%

83.5%

 +4.5ppts

Rolling 12 Months to

31 January 2017

31 January 2016

Change

Capacity (seats)

25,877,340

22,091,740

+17.1%

Passengers*

23,137,809

19,443,745

+18.8%

Load Factor**

89.4%

88.0%

+1.4ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

02/02/2017

This post was published on 2 February 2017 15:28

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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