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Wizz Air Grows Passenger Numbers By 23%, Load Factor Increases 4.5 Ppts To 88%

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02-Feb-2017 Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for January 2017.

In January 2017, Wizz Air continued to expand its network with the following announcements:

  • Network further expanded with two new routes announced in January to/from, Poland (1), and Bulgaria (1).
  • Two new routes commenced operation to/from Poland (1), and Lithuania (1).

Month

Rolling 12 months to:

January 2017

January 2016

Change

31 January 2017

31 January 2016

Change

Capacity (seats)

2,133,520

1,823,600

+17.0%

25,877,340

22,091,740

+17.1%

Passengers*

1,877,762

1,522,901

+23.3%

23,137,809

19,443,745

+19.0%

Load Factor**

88.0%

83.5%

+4.5ppts

89.4%

88.0%

+1.4ppts