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March 2021 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics

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Wizz Air Carried 480,000 Passengers

Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the fastest-growing European airline, today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for March 2021.

In March 2021, Wizz Air carried 480,000 passengers, operated just below 20% of its capacity at a load factor of 63%. Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:

  • Wizz Air announced its 42nd base in Palermo, Italy, with two Airbus A321 aircraft from June 2021;
  • A 4th aircraft was allocated to a base in Tirana, Albania, from May 2021, enabling the start of six new routes to Malmö, Stockholm-Skavsta, Ancona, Pescara, Genova and Rome Ciampino;
  • New routes were also announced from Tel Aviv to destinations in Greece, from Abu Dhabi to destinations in Kazakhstan and from Poland five new destinations across Mediterranean;
  • Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 79.5 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 March 2021. For the month of March, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 33% higher than last year due to the drop in load factor, while total CO2 emissions in tonnes decreased at a slightly higher rate than capacity.

Month

Rolling 12 months to:

March

2021

March 2020

Change

31 March

2021

31 March

2020

Change

Capacity (seats)

768,113

1,907,408

-59.7%

15,929,391

42,800,863

-62.8%

Passengers*

480,203

1,754,032

-72.6%

10,185,945

40,038,382

-74.6%

Load Factor**

62.5%

92.0%

-29.4ppts

63.9%

93.5%

-29.6ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

Month

Rolling 12 months to:

March

2021

March

2020

Change

31 March

2021

31 March

2020

Change

CO2 emissions in tonnes*

56,366

163,813

-65.6%

1,267,037

3,759,801

-66.3%

CO2 grams per passenger/km*

72.9

55.0

32.5%

79.5

57.2

39.0%

*rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

Month

Rolling 12 months to:

March

2021

March

2020

Change

31 March

2021

31 March

2020

Change

Available Seat Kilometres (000s)

1,209,057

3,219,483

-62.4%

24,368,167

69,993,573

-65.2%

Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s)

773,461

2,979,457

-74.0%

15,931,716

65,698,202

-75.8%

This press release was sourced from Wizz Air on 06-Apr-2021.