Wizz Air Holdings PLC July 2017 Traffic Statistics (8119M)

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 August 2017

JULY 2017 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 24%

LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 1.8 PPTS TO 94.5%

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 2 August 2017: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for July 2017.

In July 2017, Wizz Air continued to expand its network, operations and customer offering with the following announcements:

-- Route network expansion with three new routes announced to/from Poland (1x) and Ukraine (2x) including Wizz Air's 142(nd) airport and 43(rd) country in its network flying to/from Tallinn in Estonia.

-- Base expansion with the deployment of a fourth Airbus A320ceo aircraft to Skopje in Macedonia and the opening of a second Bulgarian base in Varna.

   --      Delivery of one brand new Airbus A321ceo taking the fleet to 84 aircraft. 
   --      Removing the Company's paid for cabin bag policy. 
 
                          Month                         Rolling 12 months 
                                                               to: 
                 ----------------------  ---------  ------------------------  --------- 
                    July        July       Change     31 July      31 July      Change 
                     2017        2016                   2017         2016 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 Capacity 
  (seats)         2,991,504   2,465,720    +21.3%    28,378,524   23,930,500    +18.6% 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 Passengers*      2,827,331   2,285,601    +23.7%    25,758,964   21,174,354    +21.7% 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 Load Factor**      94.5%       92.7%     +1.8ppts     90.8%        88.5%      +2.3ppts 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  --------- 
 
 

*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 84 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 500 routes from 28 bases, connecting 142 destinations across 43 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 3,300 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 23 million passengers in 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), a leading provider of independent aviation market intelligence.

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 
                             Month                       Rolling 12 months 
                                                                to: 
                    ----------------------  -------  ------------------------  ------- 
                       July        July      Change    31 July      31 July     Change 
                        2017        2016                 2017         2016 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 Available 
  Seat Kilometres 
  (000s)             4,755,433   3,879,573   +22.6%   45,033,492   37,132,445   +21.3% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 Revenue 
  Passenger 
  Kilometres 
  (000s)             4,486,125   3,590,692   +24.9%   40,946,550   32,924,342   +24.4% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 

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 For more information: 
 
 Investors:    Balint Veres, Wizz Air:              [phone] 
 
 Media:        Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air:            [phone] 
  Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan,                 [phone] 
   FTI Consulting LLP:                               1017 
 

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