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Wizz Air grows passenger numbers by 18% in May – Load factor increases by 0.8 ppts to 91.9%

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Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”) today announces passenger statistics for May 2018

In May 2018, Wizz Air continued to expand its network, operations and customer offering with the following announcements:

  • Route network expansion with eight new routes announced to/from Hungary (7x) and Romania (1x), including the doubling of capacity and market position in Debrecen, Hungary.
  • Delivery of two brand new Airbus A320 family aircraft, taking the fleet to 98 aircraft.
  • Wizz Air UK received Air Operator’s Certificate and Operating Licence and started operating on 3 May.
MonthRolling 12 months to:
May

2018

May

2017

Change31 May

2018

31 May

2017

Change
Capacity (seats)3,086,6262,635,060+17.1%33,359,77627,353,080+22.0%
Passengers*2,836,3802,400,846+18.1%30,513,70024,742,713+23.3%
Load Factor**91.9%91.1%+0.8ppts91.5%90.5%+1.0ppts

 

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

MonthRolling 12 months to:
May

2018

May

2017

Change31 May

2018

31 May

2017

Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)4,959,2694,174,644+18.8%53,058,28543,335,131+22.4%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)4,550,9333,809,650+19.5%48,649,94839,274,246+23.9%

 

Jun 4, 2018, 08:00

This post was published on 4 June 2018 21:30

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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