Wizz Air Holdings PLC September 2017 Traffic Statistics (4716S)

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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

03 October 2017

SEPTEMBER 2017 TRAFFIC STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR GROWS PASSENGER NUMBERS BY 26%

LOAD FACTOR INCREASES 1.3 PPTS TO 92.9%

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 3 October 2017: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger statistics for September 2017.

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

-- Route network expansion with seven new routes announced to/from Poland (5x), Hungary (1x), and Bulgaria (1x).

   --      Addition of the 143(rd) destination to the Wizz Air network with Tromso, Norway. 
   --      Delivery of a brand new Airbus A321ceo aircraft, taking the fleet number to a total of 86. 

-- The introduction of a new ancillary product giving further flexibility to customers who can now book up to 10 tickets and name their travel partner(s) later at the time of check-in.

 
                          Month                           Rolling 12 months 
                                                                 to: 
                 ----------------------  ---------  ----------------------------  --------- 
                  September   September    Change    30 September   30 September    Change 
                     2017        2016                    2017           2016 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  -------------  -------------  --------- 
 Capacity 
  (seats)         2,908,638   2,333,850    +24.6%     29,485,340     24,631,560     +19.7% 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  -------------  -------------  --------- 
 Passengers*      2,701,203   2,137,569    +26.4%     26,889,378     21,829,795     +23.2% 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  -------------  -------------  --------- 
 Load Factor**      92.9%       91.6%     +1.3ppts      91.2%          88.6%       +2.6ppts 
                 ----------  ----------  ---------  -------------  -------------  --------- 
 

*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 86 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 550 routes from 28 bases, connecting 143 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: 
                    ----------------------  -------  ----------------------------  ------- 
                     September   September   Change   30 September   30 September   Change 
                        2017        2016                  2017           2016 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -------------  -------------  ------- 
 Available 
  Seat Kilometres 
  (000s)             4,627,734   3,677,766   +25.8%    38,373,393     46,873,857    +22.2% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -------------  -------------  ------- 
 Revenue 
  Passenger 
  Kilometres 
  (000s)             4,306,527   3,371,125   +27.7%    34,095,665     42,827,773    +25.6% 
                    ----------  ----------  -------  -------------  -------------  ------- 
 

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 For more information: 
 
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 Investors:    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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