Wizz Air Holdings PLC October 2016 Traffic Statistics (1812O)

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

03 November 2016

October 2016 TRAFFIC STATISTICS:

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 18%

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 3 November 2016: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for October 2016.

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

-- New base in Chisinau in Moldova, Wizz Air's 26(th) base starting in March 2017.

-- Base expansion with a 7(th) new aircraft in Warsaw from June 2017.

-- Network expansion with 12 new routes to/from Poland (x9), Moldova (x2) and Ukraine (x1) and the new destination to/from Santander in Spain, Wizz Air's 130(th) airport.

-- Operational expansion with a new fixed base simulator installed in Budapest.

 
                           Month                           Rolling 12 months 
                                                                  to: 
                 -------------------------  ---------  ------------------------  --------- 
                   October    October 2015    Change    31 October   31 October    Change 
                     2016                                  2016         2015 
                 ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 Capacity 
  (seats)         2,269,190    1,957,500      +15.9%    24,943,250   21,154,860    +17.9% 
                 ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 Passengers*      2,041,639    1,726,610      +18.2%    22,144,824   18,604,909    +19.0% 
                 ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 Load Factor**      90.0%        88.2%       +1.8ppts     88.8%        87.9%      +0.8ppts 
                 ----------  -------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 

*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 73 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 450 routes from 26 bases, connecting 130 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, as well as 2016 Low Cost Airline of the Year by the Center for Aviation (CAPA), the leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence.

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 
                             Month                       Rolling 12 months 
                                                                to: 
                    ----------------------  -------  ------------------------  ------- 
                      October     October    Change   31 October   31 October   Change 
                        2016        2015                 2016         2015 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 Available 
  Seat Kilometres 
  (000s)             3,593,935   3,023,074   +18.9%   38,944,253   32,395,430   +20.2% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 Revenue 
  Passenger 
  Kilometres 
  (000s)             3,235,480   2,666,730   +21.3%   34,664,416   28,509,159   +21.6% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 

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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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