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October 2020 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics
October 2020 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics.
About this update from Wizz Air Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 0056E\n Wizz Air Holdings PLC\n 03 November 2020\n \n \n \n \n OCTOBER 2020 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS\n \n \n \n \n \n WIZZ AIR CARRIED 1.1 MILLION PASSENGERS \n \n \n AT 45% CAPACITY AND 66% LOAD FACTOR \n \n \n \n \n \n Ticker: WIZZ\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Geneva, 3 November 2020:\n \n Wizz Air Holdings Plc (\"Wizz Air\"), \n the fastest-growing European airline\n , today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for October 2020.\n \n \n \n \n \n In October 2020, Wizz Air continued to \n grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows\n :\n \n \n \n \n \n · \n Major expansion in Norway with \n the announcement of a new base in Oslo with two based aircraft as well as a new base in Trondheim with two based aircraft. \n \n \n · \n The announcement of a new base in Bari, Italy with one based aircraft.\n \n \n · \n Fleet expansion with the addition of two brand new Airbus A320neo family aircraft, taking the fleet to 134 aircraft. These game-changing aircraft are powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines and deliver close to 50% reduction in noise footprint compared to previous generation aircraft. In addition, Pratt and Whitney's GTF engine reduces fuel burn by 16% and nitrogen oxide emissions by 50%.\n \n \n · \n Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 64.0 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 October 2020. For the month of September, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 28.9% higher 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 Month\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 October\n \n \n 2020\n \n \n \n \n October\n \n \n 2019\n \n \n \n \n Change\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 31 October\n \n \n 2020\n \n \n \n \n 31 October\n \n \n 2019\n \n \n \n \n Change\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Capacity (seats)\n \n \n \n \n 1,739,687\n \n \n \n \n 3,895,772\n \n \n \n \n -55.3%\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 27,358,294\n \n \n \n \n 41,240,732\n \n \n \n \n -33.7%\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Passengers*\n \n \n \n \n 1,146,227\n \n \n \n \n 3,711,445\n \n \n \n \n -69.1%\...