Wizz Air Holdings Plc announces passenger statistics for March 2016

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 21%

Budapest, Hungary, 2016-Apr-05 — /Travel PR News/ — Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for March 2016.

In March 2016, Wizz Air continued to expand its customer offering and network with the following announcements:

  • The arrival of its 3rd and 4th brand new A321ceo aircraft to its Budapest base in Hungary taking the total fleet to 67 aircraft.
  • Continued network expansion with the launch of nine new routes to/from Lithuania (x6), Poland (x1), Bulgaria (x1), and Latvia (x1).
 

Month

 

March 2016

March 2015

Change

Capacity (seats)

1,923,620

1,610,280

+19.5%

Passengers*

1,660,061

1,374,272

+20.8%

Load Factor**

 86.3%

85.3%

   +1 ppts
 

Rolling 12 Months to

 

31 March 2016

31 March 2015

Change

Capacity (seats)

22,654,100

19,012,860

+19.2%

Passengers*

19,981,377

16,482,468

+21.2%

Load Factor**

88.2%

86.7%

+1.5 ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Press contact:
communications@wizzair.com