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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

05 May 2020

APRIL 2020 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR OPERATED 3% OF ITS CAPACITY

AT 75% LOAD FACTOR

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 5 May 2020: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces passenger and CO2 emission statistics for April 2020.

In April 2020, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows :

-- In addition to the regular passenger traffic detailed below, Wizz Air has operated 71 cargo flights with medical equipment as well as 28 rescue flights since the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

-- Wizz Air announced five new destinations to Abu Dhabi, with the first flights from Budapest and Bucharest commencing in June 2020, and three additional destinations starting in September. The launch of the Group's new low-cost airline Wizz Air Abu Dhabi is progressing in line with the initial timeline.

-- Operations were resumed from Wizz Air's bases in London Luton and Vienna on 1 May with flights to selected destinations.

-- Wizz Air announced the opening of a new base in Lviv, Ukraine from 1 July with one based aircraft and five new destinations, as well as two additional services from Kharkiv.

-- Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 57.2 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 30 April 2020. For the month of April, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 9.9% higher due to the drop in load factor, while total CO2 emissions in tonnes decreased in line with capacity.

 
                Month                          Rolling 12 months to: 
                April    April      Change     30 April     30 April    Change 
                 2020     2019                  2020         2019 
Capacity 
 (seats)        104,956  3,577,062  -97.1%     39,328,757   37,800,952  4.0% 
Passengers*      78,389  3,288,731  -97.6%     36,828,040   35,090,840  5.0% 
Load Factor**   74.7%    91.9%      -17.3ppts  93.6%        92.8%       0.8ppts

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

 
                     Month                   Rolling 12 months to: 
                     April  April    Change  30 April     30 April    Change 
                      2020   2019             2020         2019 
CO2 emissions 
 in tonnes*          9,157  310,775  -97.1%  3,458,183    3,325,633   4.0% 
CO2 grams 
 per passenger/km*   63.5   57.8     9.9%    57.2         58.4        -2.0%

*rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 
                    Month                       Rolling 12 months to: 
                    April    April      Change  30 April     30 April    Change 
                     2020     2019               2020         2019 
Available Seat 
 Kilometres 
 (000s)             187,566  5,824,582  -96.8%  64,356,558   61,280,645  5.0% 
Revenue Passenger 
 Kilometres 
 (000s)             144,307  5,381,352  -97.3%  60,461,157   56,979,081  6.1%

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 121 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft, one of the youngest airline fleets in the world and offers more than 710 routes from 25 bases, connecting 155 destinations across 45 countries. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 40 million passengers in the past 12 months. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ.

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For more information: 
 
Investors:   Evelin Horvath, Wizz Air                           +41 22 555 9863 
 
Media:       Tamara Vallois, Wizz Air:                          +36 1 777 9324 
 Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting 
  LLP:                                                          +44 20 3727 1017

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