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January 2018 Traffic Statistics
January 2018 Traffic Statistics.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8344D Wizz Air Holdings PLC 05 February 2018 \n\nJANUARY 2018 TRAFFIC STATISTICS\n \nWIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 24%\nMAJOR EXPANSION IN VIENNA\n \nTicker: WIZZ\n \nGeneva, 5 February 2018: Wizz Air Holdings Plc (\"Wizz Air\"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for January 2018.\n \nIn January 2018, Wizz Air continued to expand its network, operations and customer offering with the following announcements:\n \n· Vienna to become the WIZZ network's 145th airport and Austria it's 44th country with a major base announcement, placing three brand new Airbus A320 family aircraft and opening 17 new routes to 15 countries from June 2018.\n· Route network expansion with 18 new routes announced to/from Austria (17x) and Poland (1x).\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonth\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRolling 12 months to:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary\n2018\n\n\nJanuary\n2017\n\n\nChange\n\n\n\n\n\n31 January\n2018\n\n\n31 January\n2017\n\n\nChange\n\n\n\n\nCapacity (seats)\n\n\n2,663,658\n\n\n2,133,520\n\n\n+24.8%\n\n\n\n\n\n31,462,356\n\n\n25,877,340\n\n\n+21.6%\n\n\n\n\nPassengers*\n\n\n2,336,206\n\n\n1,877,762\n\n\n+24.4%\n\n\n\n\n\n28,729,603\n\n\n23,137,809\n\n\n+ 24.2%\n\n\n\n\nLoad Factor**\n\n\n87.7%\n\n\n88.0%\n\n\n-0.3ppts\n\n\n\n\n\n91.3%\n\n\n89.4%\n\n\n+1.9ppts\n\n\n\n\n \n*booked passengers\n**rounded to one decimal place\n \n \nABOUT WIZZ AIR\nWizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 88 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 550 routes from 28 bases, connecting 145 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more than 3,500 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 23.8 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2017. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices. Wizz Air is registered under the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the global benchmark in airline safety recognition. The company was recently named 2017 - European Airline of the Year by Avia...