LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 0.2 PPTS TO 95.6%
Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”) today announces passenger statistics for August 2018.
In August 2018, Wizz Air continued to expand its network and customer offering with 20 new routes announced to/from Ukraine (6x), Poland (3x), Lithuania (3x), Kosovo (3x), Hungary (2x), Romania (1x), Bulgaria (1x) and Albania (1x).
| Month | Rolling 12 months to: | ||||||||||
| August 2018 | August 2017 | Change | 31 August 2018 | 31 August 2017 | Change | ||||||
| Capacity (seats) | 3,636,182 | 3,028,438 | +20.1% | 35,172,264 | 28,910,552 | +21.7% | |||||
| Passengers* | 3,476,091 | 2,887,770 | +20.4% | 32,291,755 | 26,325,744 | +22.7% | |||||
| Load Factor** | 95.6% | 95.4% | +0.2ppts | 91.8% | 91.1% | +0.8ppts | |||||
*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics
| Month | Rolling 12 months to: | ||||||||||
| August 2018 | August 2017 | Change | 31 August 2018 | 31 August 2017 | Change | ||||||
| Available Seat Kilometres (000s) | 5,842,657 | 4,818,692 | +21.2% | 56,141,213 | 45,923,888 | +22.2% | |||||
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s) | 5,592,406 | 4,606,728 | +21.4% | 51,658,544 | 41,892,371 | +23.3% | |||||