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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

03 January 2024

DECEMBER 2023 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 5.0 MILLION PASSENGERS, AN INCREASE OF 19% YEAR-ON-YEAR

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 3 January 2024: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the fastest growing and one of the most sustainable European airlines, today announces passenger and CO(2) emission statistics for December 2023.

In December 2023, Wizz Air carried 4,964,857 passengers, representing an 18.8% increase compared to December 2022, at a load factor of 82.1%.

On 3rd January 2024, Wizz Air was awarded the World's Top 10 Safest Low-Cost Airline Award by AirlineRatings.com.

The airline continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering in December. During the month:

-- Wizz Air Abu-Dhabi celebrated a record-breaking calendar year in 2023, doubling the number of flights to 15,000 and carrying more than three million passengers. The current fleet of 12 aircraft in Abu-Dhabi flies to 40 destinations in 27 countries.

-- Wizz Air delivered its 4th aircraft to the Kutaisi base in Georgia and launched a new route to Copenhagen, consolidating our position as the largest operating airline out of Kutaisi.

-- Wizz Air announced further investment in Poland with the addition of a 12th aircraft to its Warsaw Chopin base, reinforcing its leading position among low-cost airlines. In the same month, Wizz Air celebrated our 100 millionth passenger in Poland, underscoring our longstanding commitment to the Polish market.

-- Wizz Air continues to consistently report the lowest CO(2) emissions per passenger/km among competitor airlines, with 51.5 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 December 2023. For the month of December, CO(2) emissions were 55.9 grams per passenger/km (1.1% higher than the same month last year).

 
                          Month                        Rolling 12 months 
                 ----------------------  -------  --------------------------  ------- 
                  December    December    Change   31 December   31 December   Change 
                     2023        2022       **         2023          2022 
                 ----------              -------  ------------                ------- 
 Capacity 
  (seats)         6,044,106   4,947,470   22.2%    66,409,653    52,672,926    26.1% 
                 ----------  ----------  -------  ------------  ------------  ------- 
 Passengers*      4,964,857   4,180,310   18.8%    60,313,160    45,661,902    32.1% 
                 ----------  ----------  -------  ------------  ------------  ------- 
 Load Factor**      82.1%       84.5%     -2.4pp      90.8%         86.7%      4.1pp 
                 ----------  ----------  -------  ------------  ------------  -------

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics*

 
                               Month                         Rolling 12 months 
                       --------------------  ---------  --------------------------  ------- 
                        December   December   Change**   31 December   31 December   Change 
                          2023       2022                    2023          2022 
                       ---------             ---------  ------------                ------- 
 CO2 emissions 
  in tonnes             500,027    405,591     23.3%      5,501,007     4,200,926    30.9% 
                       ---------  ---------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ------- 
 CO2 grams 
  per passenger/km**      55.9       55.3       1.1%        51.5          55.2       -6.8% 
                       ---------  ---------  ---------  ------------  ------------  -------

* excluding cargo flights

**rounded to one decimal place

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the fastest growing European ultra-low-cost airline, operates a fleet of 195 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 51.1 million passengers in the Financial Year F23 ending 31 March 2023. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently named one of the world's top ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com , the world's only safety and product rating agency, and named Airline of the Year by Air Transport Awards in 2019 and in 2023. Wizz Air has also been recognised as the "Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline" within the World Finance Sustainability Awards in 2021-2023 and the "Global Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" by the CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence 2022-2023.

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 For more information: 
 
 Investors:    Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air                    +36 1 777 9407 
 
               Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air                     +36 1 777 9324 
 
                James McFarlane / Eleni Menikou/ Charles     +44 (0) 20 3128 
 Media:         Hirst, MHP Group:                            8100

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