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May 2019 Traffic Statistics
May 2019 Traffic Statistics.
About this update from Wizz Air Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9940A Wizz Air Holdings PLC 04 June 2019 \n\nMAY 2019 TRAFFIC STATISTICS\n \nWIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 22.4%\nLOAD FACTOR INCREASES 2.0 PPTS TO 93.9%\n \nTicker: WIZZ\n \nGeneva, 4 June 2019: Wizz Air Holdings Plc (\"Wizz Air\"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for May 2019.\n \nIn May 2019, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:\n \n· Route network expansion with the start of 9 new routes from/to: Poland (7x) and Ukraine (2x).\n· Opening of newest Polish base in Krakow with three based A320 family aircraft deployed in May, August and September in summer 2019. \n· Wizz Air was named 2019 Airline of the Year by Air Transport Awards, the only international prizes that award all the main categories of the air transport industry.\n· Celebration of 15 years of operation and a remarkable milestone of 200 million carried passengers.\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\nMay\n2019\n\n\nMay\n2018\n\n\nChange\n\n\n\n\n\n31 May\n2019\n\n\n31 May\n2018\n\n\nChange\n\n\n\n\nCapacity (seats)\n\n\n3,697,170\n\n\n3,086,626\n\n\n19.8%\n\n\n\n\n\n38,411,496\n\n\n33,359,776\n\n\n15.1%\n\n\n\n\nPassengers*\n\n\n3,470,889\n\n\n2,836,380\n\n\n22.4%\n\n\n\n\n\n35,725,349\n\n\n30,513,700\n\n\n17.1%\n\n\n\n\nLoad Factor**\n\n\n93.9%\n\n\n91.9%\n\n\n2.0ppts\n\n\n\n\n\n93.0%\n\n\n91.5%\n\n\n1.5ppts\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 113 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 650 routes from 25 bases, connecting 146 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of more than 4,500 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of over 35 million passengers in the past 12 months. 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 Associa...