Wizz Air Holdings PLC November 2017 Traffic Statistics (3388Y)

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

05 December 2017

NOVEMBER 2017 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 22%

LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 1.5 PPTS TO 88.3%

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 5 December 2017: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for November 2017.

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

-- Route network expansion with 22 new routes announced to/from Poland (10x), Romania (5x), the UK (5x) and Ukraine (2x).

-- UK expansion with the acquisition of additional slots/stands from Monarch Airlines at London-Luton taking the total number of based aircraft to seven in 2018.

-- Fleet expansion with the delivery of a brand new Airbus A321ceo aircraft, taking the fleet number to a total of 87.

-- Growth plans and cost position to 2026 further strengthened with an order of an additional 146 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.

 
                          Month                          Rolling 12 months 
                                                                to: 
                 ----------------------  ---------  --------------------------  --------- 
                  November    November     Change    30 November   30 November    Change 
                     2017        2016                    2017          2016 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  ------------  ------------  --------- 
 Capacity 
  (seats)         2,443,946   2,038,850    +19.9%    30,513,878    25,205,020     +21.1% 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  ------------  ------------  --------- 
 Passengers*      2,157,742   1,769,031    +22.0%    27,900,387    22,428,574    + 24.4% 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  ------------  ------------  --------- 
 Load Factor**      88.3%       86.8%     +1.5ppts      91.4%         89.0%      +2.5ppts 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  ------------  ------------  --------- 
 

*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 87 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 550 routes from 27 bases, connecting 145 destinations across 43 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 3,500 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 23.8 million passengers in the financial year ended 31 March 2017. 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: 
                    ----------------------  -------  --------------------------  ------- 
                     November    November    Change   30 November   30 November   Change 
                        2017        2016                  2017          2016 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  ------------  ------------  ------- 
 Available 
  Seat Kilometres 
  (000s)             3,900,231   3,247,343   +20.1%   48,537,438    39,464,971    +23.0% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  ------------  ------------  ------- 
 Revenue 
  Passenger 
  Kilometres 
  (000s)             3,450,268   2,818,649   +22.4%   44,474,947    35,193,253    +26.4% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  ------------  ------------  ------- 
 

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 For more information: 
 
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 Investors:    Balint Veres, Wizz Air:               9349 
 
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 Media:        Sorina Ratz, Wizz Air:                9304 
  Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan,                 [phone] 
   FTI Consulting LLP:                               1017 
 

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