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March 2021 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics
March 2021 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 4537U\n Wizz Air Holdings PLC\n 06 April 2021\n \n \n \n \n MARCH 2021 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS\n \n \n \n \n \n WIZZ AIR CARRIED 480,000 PASSENGERS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ticker: WIZZ\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Geneva, 6 April 2021:\n \n Wizz Air Holdings Plc (\"Wizz Air\"), \n the fastest-growing European airline\n , today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for March 2021.\n \n \n \n \n \n In \n March\n 2021, Wizz Air carried 480,000 passengers, operated just below 20% of its capacity at a load factor of 63%. Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:\n \n \n \n \n \n · \n Wizz Air announced its 42nd base in Palermo, Italy, with two Airbus A321 aircraft from June 2021;\n \n \n · \n A 4th aircraft was allocated to a base in Tirana, Albania, from May 2021, enabling the start of six new routes to \n Malmö, Stockholm-Skavsta\n , \n Ancona, Pescara, Genova and Rome Ciampino\n ;\n \n \n · \n New routes were also announced from Tel Aviv to destinations in Greece, from Abu Dhabi to destinations in Kazakhstan and from Poland five new destinations across Mediterranean; \n \n \n · \n Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 79.5 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 March 2021. For the month of March, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 33% higher than last year due to the drop in load factor, while total CO2 emissions in tonnes decreased at a slightly higher rate than capacity. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Month\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rolling 12 months to:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March\n \n \n 2021\n \n \n \n \n March 2020\n \n \n \n \n Change\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 31 March\n \n \n 2021\n \n \n \n \n 31 March\n \n \n 2020\n \n \n \n \n Change\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Capacity (seats)\n \n \n \n \n 768\n ,\n 113\n \n \n \n \n 1\n ,\n 907\n ,\n 408\n \n \n \n \n -\n 59\n .\n 7\n %\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1\n 5\n ,\n 929\n ,\n 391\n \n \n \n \n 4\n 2\n ,\n 800\n ,\n 863\n \n \n \n \n -\n 62\n .\n 8\n %\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Passengers*\n \n \n \n \n 480\n ,\n 203\n \n \n \n \n 1\n ,\n 754\n ,\n 0...