Wizz Air Holdings PLC December 2023 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics (4417Y)
03 Januar 2024 - 8:00AM
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Wizz Air Holdings PLC
03 January 2024
DECEMBER 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS
WIZZ AIR CARRIED 5.0 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 19%
YEAR-ON-YEAR
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 3 January 2024: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the
fastest growing and one of the most sustainable European airlines,
today announces passenger and CO(2) emission statistics for
December 2023.
In December 2023, Wizz Air carried 4,964,857 passengers,
representing an 18.8% increase compared to December 2022, at a load
factor of 82.1%.
On 3rd January 2024, Wizz Air was awarded the World's Top 10
Safest Low-Cost Airline Award by AirlineRatings.com.
The airline continued to grow its network and improve its
customer offering in December. During the month:
-- Wizz Air Abu-Dhabi celebrated a record-breaking calendar year
in 2023, doubling the number of flights to 15,000 and carrying more
than three million passengers. The current fleet of 12 aircraft in
Abu-Dhabi flies to 40 destinations in 27 countries.
-- Wizz Air delivered its 4th aircraft to the Kutaisi base in
Georgia and launched a new route to Copenhagen, consolidating our
position as the largest operating airline out of Kutaisi.
-- Wizz Air announced further investment in Poland with the
addition of a 12th aircraft to its Warsaw Chopin base, reinforcing
its leading position among low-cost airlines. In the same month,
Wizz Air celebrated our 100 millionth passenger in Poland,
underscoring our longstanding commitment to the Polish market.
-- Wizz Air continues to consistently report the lowest CO(2)
emissions per passenger/km among competitor airlines, with 51.5
grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 December
2023. For the month of December, CO(2) emissions were 55.9 grams
per passenger/km (1.1% higher than the same month last year).
Month Rolling 12 months
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December December Change 31 December 31 December Change
2023 2022 ** 2023 2022
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Capacity
(seats) 6,044,106 4,947,470 22.2% 66,409,653 52,672,926 26.1%
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Passengers* 4,964,857 4,180,310 18.8% 60,313,160 45,661,902 32.1%
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Load Factor** 82.1% 84.5% -2.4pp 90.8% 86.7% 4.1pp
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*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*
Month Rolling 12 months
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December December Change** 31 December 31 December Change
2023 2022 2023 2022
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CO2 emissions
in tonnes 500,027 405,591 23.3% 5,501,007 4,200,926 30.9%
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CO2 grams
per passenger/km** 55.9 55.3 1.1% 51.5 55.2 -6.8%
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* excluding cargo flights
**rounded to one decimal place
ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air, the fastest growing European ultra-low-cost airline,
operates a fleet of 195 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 51.1 million
passengers in the Financial Year F23 ending 31 March 2023. 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 named Airline of the Year by Air
Transport Awards in 2019 and in 2023. Wizz Air has also been
recognised as the "Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline" within the
World Finance Sustainability Awards in 2021-2023 and the "Global
Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" by the
CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence 2022-2023.
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For more information:
Investors: Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air +36 1 777 9407
Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air +36 1 777 9324
James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/ Charles +44 (0) 20 3128
Media: Hirst, MHP Group: 8100
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