Wizz Air Holdings PLC August 2016 Traffic Statistics (8704I)

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

05 September 2016

AUGUST 2016 TRAFFIC STATISTICS:

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 17%

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 5 September 2016: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for August 2016.

In August 2016, Wizz Air continued to expand its customer offering and strengthen its network with the following announcements:

   --      Launch of the new WIZZ website on all distribution platforms. 
   --      Announced ten new routes to/from Bosnia and Herzegovina (x6) and Serbia (x4). 
   --      Announced additional aircraft to Bosnia and Herzegovina (x1) and Serbia (x1) 

-- Commenced 18 new routes to/from Romania (x7), Serbia (x3), Montenegro (x2), Poland (x2), Bulgaria (x1), Hungary (x1), Lithuania (x1), and Ukraine (x1).

   --      Opened seventh Romanian base in Sibiu with one A320 aircraft. 
 
                           Month                          Rolling 12 months 
                                                                 to: 
                 ------------------------  ---------  ------------------------  --------- 
                   August     August 2015    Change    31 August    31 August     Change 
                     2016                                 2016         2015 
                 ----------  ------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 Capacity 
  (seats)         2,496,410    2,134,440     +17.0%    24,292,470   20,528,460    +18.3% 
                 ----------  ------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 Passengers*      2,320,990    1,990,323     +16.6%    21,505,021   17,956,458    +19.8% 
                 ----------  ------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 Load Factor**      93.0%        93.2%      -0.3ppts     88.5%        87.5%      +1.1ppts 
                 ----------  ------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 71 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 450 routes from 25 bases, connecting 124 destinations across 38 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 2,800 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 20 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2016. 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 Association (IATA), Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the global benchmark in airline safety recognition. The company was recently named 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the leading airline trade magazines.

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 
                             Month                       Rolling 12 months 
                                                                to: 
                    ----------------------  -------  ------------------------  ------- 
                      August      August     Change   31 August    31 August    Change 
                        2016        2015                 2016         2015 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 Available 
  Seat Kilometres 
  (000s)             3,928,296   3,286,801   +19.5%   37,773,940   31,428,489   +20.2% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 Revenue 
  Passenger 
  Kilometres 
  (000s)             3,660,907   3,065,905   +19.4%   33,519,344   27,497,199   +21.9% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 

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 For more information: 
 
                                                    +41 22 555 
 Investors:    Iain Wetherall, Wizz Air:             9873 
                                                    +36 1 777 
  Balint Veres, Wizz Air:                            9349 
 
                                                    +36 1 777 
 Media:        Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air:             9324 
  Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan,                 [phone] 
   FTI Consulting LLP:                               1017 
 

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