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Replacement: December 2025 Traffic Statistics
Wizz Air Holdings PLC reported a 15.5% year-on-year increase in December passengers, carrying 5.85 million passengers with capacity up 16.3% to 6.81 million seats, though the load factor slightly decreased to 85.9%. The company expanded its network by adding a 15th aircraft to Luton, Rome Fiumicino, Tirana, and Warsaw-Chopin for Summer '26, reopened its Suceava and Targu Mures bases, and launched a Warsaw-Modlin base. Strategic developments also included a partnership with Kyte for corporate travel distribution and achieving a 97% score for NIS2 compliance, indicating strong cyber resilience. CO2 emissions increased by 10.2% to 532,153 MT, but emissions per passenger per kilometer decreased by 2.5% to 52.3. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nReplacement: This announcement replaces the \"December 2025 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics\" RNS released at 07:00:06 on 05 January 2026 with RNS Number: 6211N. The only change is the addition of the date of the reopening of Wizz Air's Suceava base and a correction to the opening date of its Targu Mures base, which took place to on December 8th rather than December 15th, as originally published. All other text remains unchanged.\n \nWIZZ AIR REPORTS 15.5% YEAR-ON-YEAR DECEMBER PASSENGER GROWTH AND SIGNIFICANT NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS TO SUPPORT SUMMER '26 PROSPECTS\nTicker: WIZZ \n \nGeneva, 5 January 2026: Wizz Air Holdings Plc (\"Wizz Air\") reports strong December 2025 growth today and a range of important strategic developments during the month, which further strengthens its product-enhancing and regional densification strategies.\n \nWizz Air carried 5.85m million passengers in December, a 15.5% increase year-on-year, with capacity rising 16.3% to 6.81 million seats. The load factor for the month was 85.9%, down 0.6ppts year-over-year.\n \nDuring the month: \n \n· \"4 to the power of 15\": Wizz Air's network densification strategy saw four announcements in December in which a 15th aircraft will be added to the existing based fleets for the Summer '26 season at Luton, Rome Fiumicino, Tirana and Warsaw-Chopin Airport.\n· Regional footprint further advanced: Wizz Air's CEE footprint was expanded further with the official reopening of its Suceava (December 15th) and Targu Mures (December 8th) bases in Romania, with two and one aircraft respectively, and the opening of its Warsaw-Modlin base (December 1st) with two A321neos.\n· Distribution channels strengthened: On December 4th, Wizz Air announced its partnership with Kyte to open its 3rd party distribution platform to the corporate travel market. This follows the distribution agreement signed with Travelfusion in August, the world's largest flight content aggregator.\n· NIS2 compliance: Wizz Air has demonstrated cyber resilience under the new EU NIS2 framework. In its inaugural pre-audit regarding these stringent regulations, the airline achieved a 97% score, securing the highest possible rating of 'Compliant with Negligib...