Wizz Air announces passenger statistics for June 2015

WIZZ AIR GROWS JUNE PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 18%

BUDAPEST, 2015-7-6 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced passenger statistics for June 2015 together with a summary of important business developments delivered during the month.

In June 2015, Wizz Air announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding relating to an order (subject to shareholder consent) for 110 Airbus A321 neo aircraft, worth in excess of $12.5 billion at current list prices.

Wizz Air also expanded its fleet, base and route network including:

• Two new bases opened in Slovakia (Kosice), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tuzla)
• One new destination added: Birmingham, Wizz Air’s eighth UK destination
• Five new routes added: (x1) Hungary, (1x) Poland, (x2) Moldova, (x1) Romania
• Three new A320’s have been added to its fleet bringing the current fleet to 62 A320 aircraft
Wizz Air continues to enhance its offering for customers and launched a new website in June which has been optimized for mobile devices.
June Traffic Statistics

 

Month

 

June 2015

June 2014

Change

Capacity (seats)

1,903,320

1,630,800

+16.7%

Passengers*

1,728,840

1,463,037

+18.2%

Load Factor**

90.8%

89.7%

+1.1ppts

Rolling 12 months to:

30 June 2015

30 June 2014

Change

Capacity (seats)

19,871,100

16,864,020

+17.8%

Passengers*

17,304,857

14,491,135

+19.4%

Load Factor**

87.1%

85.9%

+1.2ppts

*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place