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Fuel hedge update

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Fuel hedge update

Geneva, 17 September 2019: Given the significant increase in the fuel prices in recent days Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today provides the following update on its fuel hedging positions.

Wizz Air operates under a clear set of treasury policies approved by the Board and supervised by the Audit Committee. The aim of the hedging policy is to reduce short-term volatility in earnings and liquidity. The Company has taken advantage of lower fuel prices over the summer period and increased its hedge position beyond its policy minimum levels of 50 per cent. of the projected jet fuel requirements for the next twelve months and 40 per cent. on an 18-month hedge horizon.

Details of the current hedging positions (as of 17 September 2019) are set out below:

F20

F21

Period covered

7 months

12 months

Exposure in metric tons ('000)

703

1,452

Coverage in metric tons ('000)

541

621

Hedge coverage for the period

77%

43%

Blended capped rate

$692

$661

Blended floor rate

$633

$603

This press release was sourced from Wizz Air on 17-Sep-2019.