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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 March 2021

FEBRUARY 2021 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 383,000 PASSENGERS

AT 17% CAPACITY AND 70% LOAD FACTOR

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 2 March 2021: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the fastest-growing European airline , today announces passenger and CO(2) emission statistics for February 2021.

In February 2021, Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:

-- Wizz Air announced its 41(st) base in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with one Airbus A320 aircraft from May 2021 and a seasonal base in Bourgas, Bulgaria, also with one Airbus A320 aircraft, between 10 June and 12 September 2021;

-- Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO(2) emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 72.7 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 28 February 2021. For the month of February, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 22% higher than last year due to the drop in load factor, while total CO(2) emissions in tonnes decreased at a slightly higher rate than capacity.

 
                         Month                        Rolling 12 months 
                                                             to: 
                 --------------------  --------  --------------------------  ---------- 
                  February   February   Change    28 February   29 February    Change 
                    2021       2020                   2021          2020 
                 ---------             --------  ------------                ---------- 
 Capacity          548 ,      3, 212    - 82 .     1 7 , 068      43, 786      - 61 . 
  (seats)            569       , 875      9 %        , 686         , 151         0 % 
                 ---------  ---------  --------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
                   382 ,      3, 014    -8 7 .     1 1 , 459     4 1 , 006 
 Passengers*         928       , 341      3 %        , 774         , 309      - 72 .1% 
                 ---------  ---------  --------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
                   6 9 .      9 3 .     -2 4 . 
 Load Factor**       8 %        8 %      0 ppts    67 . 1 %        93.7%      -26.5ppts 
                 ---------  ---------  --------  ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

 
                              Month                      Rolling 12 months to: 
                      ---------------------  -------  --------------------------  ------- 
                       February   February    Change   28 February   29 February   Change 
                         2021        2020                  2021          2020 
                      ---------              -------  ------------                ------- 
 CO2 emissions                                 - 84     1, 374 ,      3, 849 ,      - 64 
  in tonnes*           43 , 596   283 , 244    . 6 %       484           617        . 3 % 
                      ---------  ----------  -------  ------------  ------------  ------- 
 CO2 grams                                                                         2 6 . 
  per passenger/km*     69 . 4     5 6 . 9    21 .9%     72 . 7         57.3         8 % 
                      ---------  ----------  -------  ------------  ------------  ------- 
 

*rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 
                             Month                     Rolling 12 months to: 
                     --------------------  -------  --------------------------  ------- 
                      February   February   Change   28 February   29 February   Change 
                        2021       2020                  2021          2020 
                     ---------             -------  ------------                ------- 
 Available Seat                                                                   - 61 
  Kilometres           893 ,      5, 281     - 83     27 , 586      7 1 , 502      . 4 
  (000s)                 865       , 109     . 1 %      , 441         , 179         % 
                     ---------  ---------  -------  ------------  ------------  ------- 
 Revenue Passenger 
  Kilometres           628 ,     4 , 974     -8 7     18 , 910      67 , 173      - 71 
  (000s)                 163       , 639     . 4 %      , 399         , 668        .8% 
                     ---------  ---------  -------  ------------  ------------  ------- 
 

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the fastest growing European low-cost airline, operates a fleet of 135 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 financial year F20 ending 31 March 2020. 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:    Zlatko Custovic, Wizz Air                            +36 1 777 9407 
 
               Sanja Pavel, Wizz Air: 
                Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting    +36 70 685 1418 
 Media:         LLP:                                                 +44 20 3727 1017 
 
 

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