DECEMBER 2024 TRAFFIC AND CO2 STATISTICS
CONTINUED POSITIVE LOAD AND EMISSION TRENDS
Ticker: WIZZ
Geneva, 3 January 2025: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), one of the most sustainable European airlines, announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for December 2024.
Wizz Air carried 5.06 million passengers during the month of December a 1.9% increase year on year. Seat capacity was down 3.1% YoY, resulting in a load factor of 86.5%, up 4.3ppts on last year's load factor of 82.1%.
During the month:
- The positive yield environment and booking profile seen in November continued into December.
- Early indications for our Q4 period, ending March 2025, remain positive, with bookings currently running ahead by over 2ppts vs this time last year.
- On December 31st, Wizz Air and Pratt & Whitney announced that they had agreed compensation terms related to those aircraft grounded due to issues with P&W's GTF engine.
- Broader negotiations on engine selection remain ongoing as Wizz continues to seek the most cost-efficient engine decision for its future.
- Wizz Air, as one of the leading airlines in terms of lower emissions per passenger, was pleased to report a further decline in CO2 emissions per RPK for this month, down 4.1% YoY, to 53.7 grammes.
| | Month | | | Rolling 12 months |
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| | December 2024 | December 2023 | Change YoY | | December 2024 | December 2023 | Change YoY | | |||
| Capacity (seats) | 5,853,738 | 6,044,106 | -3.1% | | 69,092,918 | 66,409,653 | 4.0% | | |||
| Passengers* | 5,061,425 | 4,964,857 | 1.9% | | 62,686,711 | 60,313,160 | 3.9% | | |||
| Load Factor** | 86.5% | 82.1% | 4.3ppts | | 90.7% | 90.8% | -0.1ppts | | |||
*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*
| | Month | | | Rolling 12 months |
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| | December 2024 | December 2023 | Change YoY | | December 2024 | December 2023 | Change YoY | |
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| CO2 (MT) emissions | 482,951 | 500,027 | -3.4% | | 5,761,732 | 5,501,007 | 4.7% | |
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| CO2 g per pax/km** | 53.7 | 55.9 | -4.1% | | 52.4 | 51.5 | 1.9% | |
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* excluding cargo flights
**rounded to one decimal place
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ABOUT WIZZ AIR
Wizz Air, one of the most sustainable European airlines, operates a fleet of over 220 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 62 million passengers in the financial year ending 31 March 2024. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently named the World's Top 5 Safest Low-Cost Airlines 2024 by airlineratings.com, the world's only safety and product rating agency, and named Airline of the Year by Air Transport Awards in 2019 and in 2023. Wizz Air has also been recognised as the "Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline" within the World Finance Sustainability Awards in 2021-2024 and the "Global Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" by the CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence in the three years 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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| Investors: | Mark Simpson, Wizz Air | +36 1 777 9407 | ||
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| Andras Rado, Wizz Air James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/ Charles Hirst, MHP Group | +44 7584 142665
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