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December 2021 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC
04 January 2022
 

DECEMBER 2021 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

 

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 2,638,000 PASSENGERS

 

 

Ticker:  WIZZ

 

Geneva, 4 January 2022: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the fastest-growing European airline, today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for December 2021.

 

In December 2021, Wizz Air carried 2,638,000 passengers at a load factor of 75.4%. Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:

 

·     Wizz Air announced that it has acquired 15 daily slot pairs from Norwegian Air Shuttle at Gatwick Airport. The deal means Wizz Air UK will base four additional Airbus A321neo aircraft at Gatwick, bringing the total number of aircraft based at Gatwick Airport to five from Spring 2022 onwards.

·   Wizz Air UK announced that it will launch new routes from its Gatwick Airport base to 14 new destinations including, Faro, Palma, Larnaca, Catania, Podgorica, Tel Aviv, Chania, Mykonos and Funchal. There will also be new routes from Milan, Rome, Vienna, Bari and Naples to Gatwick Airport, with those flights operated by Wizz Air Hungary. A mixture of year-round and seasonal routes, these new flights will launch from March onwards.

·   Wizz Air continuously operates amongst the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 65.3 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 December 2021. For the month of December, CO2 emissions in grams per passenger/km were 25.4% lower compared to same month last year, as we witness an improvement in load factors over same time.

 

 

Month

 

 

Rolling 12 months to:

 

 

December

2021

December 2020

Change**

 

31 December

2021

31 December

2020

Change

Capacity (seats)

3,498,880

1,187,553

194.6%

 

28,887,576

22,293,106

29.6%

Passengers*

2,638,331

665,722

296.3%

 

21,722,799

16,676,151

30.3%

Load Factor**

75.4%

56.1%

19.3ppts

 

75.2%

74.8%

0.4ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

 

 

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

 

 

Month

 

 

Rolling 12 months to:

 

 

December

2021

December

2020

Change*

 

31 December

2021

31 December

2020

Change

CO2 emissions in tonnes

276,639

91,986

200.7%

 

2,253,911

1,846,851

22.0%

CO2 grams per passenger/km*

63.8

85.6

-25.4%

 

65.3

67.1

-2.6%

*rounded to one decimal place

 

 

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 

 

Month

 

 

Rolling 12 months to:

 

 

December

2021

December

2020

Change*

 

31 December

2021

31 December

2020

Change

Available Seat Kilometres (000s)

5,748,195

1,838,811

212.6%

 

45,971,223

36,235,418

26.9%

Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)

4,334,896

1,075,126

303.2%

 

34,516,012

27,543,701

25.3%

*rounded to one decimal place

 

 

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the fastest growing European low-cost airline, operates a fleet of 150 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 10.2 million passengers in the financial year F21 ending 31 March 2021. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently named one of the world's top ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and product rating agency, and 2020 Airline of the Year by ATW, the most coveted honour an airline or individual can receive, recognizing individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding performance, innovation, and superior service.

 

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For more information:

 

 

 

Investors:

Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air

+36 1 777 9407

 

 

 

Media:

Christie Rawlings, Wizz Air

 

Natasha Seager Smith, Wizz Air:

Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:

+36 70 685 1583/

+44 7811 155205

+36 1 777 8475

+44 20 3727 1017

 

 

 

 

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