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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

04 June 2020

MAY 2020 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR OPERATED 6% OF ITS CAPACITY

AT 61% LOAD FACTOR

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 4 June 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 May 2020.

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

-- Wizz Air announced the opening of four new bases from 1 July, deploying 11 aircraft and launching over 50 new routes to:

   --    Milan Malpensa, Italy: Five new based aircraft 
   --    Larnaca, Cyprus: Two new based aircraft 
   --    Lviv, Ukraine: One new based aircraft 
   --    Tirana, Albania: Three new based aircraft 

-- Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 57.3 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 30 May 2020. For the month of May, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 38.4% higher due to the drop in load factor, while total CO2 emissions in tonnes decreased in line with capacity.

 
                            Month                       Rolling 12 months to: 
                    --------------------  ----------  ------------------------  -------- 
                       May        May       Change       31 May       31 May     Change 
                       2020       2019                    2020         2019 
                    --------              ----------  -----------               -------- 
 Capacity (seats)    207,025   3,697,170    -94.4%     35,839,158   38,411,496    -6.7% 
                    --------  ----------  ----------  -----------  -----------  -------- 
 Passengers*         126,549   3,470,889    -96.4%     33,483,693   35,725,349    -6.3% 
                    --------  ----------  ----------  -----------  -----------  -------- 
 Load Factor**        61.1%      93.9%     -32.8ppts     93.4%        93.0%      0.4ppts 
                    --------  ----------  ----------  -----------  -----------  -------- 
 

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

 
                        Month                   Rolling 12 months to: 
                  -----------------  -------  ------------------------  ------- 
                    May       May     Change     31 May       31 May     Change 
                    2020      2019                2020         2019 
                  -------            -------  -----------               ------- 
 CO2 emissions 
  in tonnes*       18,680   324,061   -94.2%   3,152,802    3,380,626    -6.7% 
                  -------  --------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 CO2 grams per 
  passenger/km*     79.3     57.3     38.4%       57.3         58.2      -1.6% 
                  -------  --------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 

*rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 
                             Month                    Rolling 12 months to: 
                     --------------------  -------  ------------------------  ------- 
                        May        May      Change     31 May       31 May     Change 
                        2020       2019                 2020         2019 
                     --------              -------  -----------               ------- 
 Available Seat 
  Kilometres 
  (000s)              374,484   6,003,311   -93.8%   58,729,006   62,324,686   -5.8% 
                     --------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 Revenue Passenger 
  Kilometres 
  (000s)              235,533   5,656,397   -95.8%   55,040,294   58,084,545   -5.2% 
                     --------  ----------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 122 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 40 million passengers in the last 12 months. 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 2020 Airline of the Year by ATW, the most coveted honour an airline or individual can receive, recognizing individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding performance, innovation, and superior service.

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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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