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JANUARY 2020 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS
JANUARY 2020 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8160B Wizz Air Holdings PLC 04 February 2020 \n\nJANUARY 2020 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS\nWIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 23% TO 3.2M\nLOAD FACTOR INCREASES BY 2PPTs TO 90%\nTicker: WIZZ\nGeneva, 4 February 2020: Wizz Air Holdings Plc (\"Wizz Air\"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for January 2020.\nIn January 2020, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:\n· Wizz Air announced further expansion to Russia by launching four new routes from Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg starting in summer 2020. \n· Route network expansion with the announcement of 18 routes: Albania (5x) Austria (5x), Bulgaria (3x), Hungary (1x), Lithuania (1x), Romania (1x), Slovakia (1x), United Kingdom (1x). \n· Base expansion with an additional Airbus A321 aircraft to its Vienna base from July 2020, taking the base to nine aircraft with five new routes and additional frequencies on existing routes.\n· Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines. At 58.9 grams, CO2 emissions in grams per passenger/km for the month of January were 0.9% lower than in the same month last year. \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\n2020\n\n\nJanuary\n2019\n\n\nChange\n\n\n \n\n\n31 January\n2020\n\n\n31 January\n2019\n\n\nChange\n\n\n\n\nCapacity (seats)\n\n\n3,492,244\n\n\n2,915,508\n\n\n19.8%\n\n\n \n\n\n43,109,378\n\n\n36,864,096\n\n\n16.9%\n\n\n\n\nPassengers*\n\n\n3,151,622\n\n\n2,569,229\n\n\n22.7%\n\n\n \n\n\n40,383,170\n\n\n34,047,145\n\n\n18.6%\n\n\n\n\nLoad Factor**\n\n\n90.2%\n\n\n88.1%\n\n\n2.1ppts\n\n\n \n\n\n93.7%\n\n\n92.4%\n\n\n1.3ppts\n\n\n\n\n \n*booked passengers\n**rounded to one decimal place\n \nWizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics \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\n2020\n\n\nJanuary\n2019\n\n\nChange\n\n\n \n\n\n31 January\n2020\n\n\n31 January\n2019\n\n\nChange\n\n\n\n\nCO2 emis...