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Wizz Air grows passenger numbers by 21.8% in June

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LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 1.0 PPTS TO 93.3%

Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”) announced passenger statistics for June 2018.

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

  • Route network expansion with six new routes announced to/from the UK (4x), Poland (1x) and Lithuania (1x).
  • Delivery of four brand new Airbus A320 family aircraft, taking the fleet to 102 aircraft.
  • \Wizz Air celebrated the opening of its newest base, Vienna and the start of operations of its newest station, Tallinn.
  • After the success of Wizz Air Pilot Academy in Poland and Romania, Wizz Air launched its Pilot Academy Program in Bulgaria.

 

Month Rolling 12 months to:
June

2018

June

2017

Change 30 June

2018

30 June

2017

Change
Capacity (seats)3,245,4622,693,770+20.5%33,911,46827,852,740+21.8%
Passengers*3,029,1212,487,553+21.8%31,055,26825,217,234+23.2%
Load Factor**93.3%92.3%+1.0ppts91.6%90.5%+1.0ppts

 

*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

Month Rolling 12 months to:
June

2018

June

2017

Change 30 June

2018

30 June

2017

Change
Available Seat Kilometres (000s)5,231,4274,272,056+22.5%54,017,65544,157,632+22.3%
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)4,875,4913,941,429+23.7%49,584,01040,051,117+23.8%

 

Jul 3, 2018, 07:00

This post was published on 4 July 2018 17:51

André Orban

M. Sc. Engineering

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