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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

05 May 2021

APRIL 2021 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 565,000 PASSENGERS

Ticker: WIZZ

Geneva, 5 May 2021: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air"), the fastest-growing European airline , today announces passenger and CO(2) emission statistics for April 2021.

In April 2021, Wizz Air carried 565,000 passengers, operated 22% of its capacity at a load factor of 59%. Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:

-- Wizz Air Abu Dhabi announced the start of operation of Tel Aviv - Abu Dhabi route on 18 April. The new route operated three weekly flights during April , while from May , Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will operate flights between the two destinations on a daily basis ;

-- In the same month, Wizz Air Abu Dhab announced three new routes connecting Abu Dhabi to Belgrade , Serbia and Sohag and Luxor , Egypt ;

-- Wizz Air continuously operates at the lowest CO(2) emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 76.1 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 30 April 2021. For the month of April, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 33% 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: 
                    ------------------  --------  ------------------------  ---------- 
                      April     April    Change     30 April     30 April     Change 
                       2021      2020      ***        2021         2020 
                    --------            --------  -----------               ---------- 
 Capacity (seats)    953,094   105,502    n.m.     16,776,983   39,329,303    -57.3% 
                    --------  --------  --------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Passengers*         564,634   78,382     n.m.     10,672,197   36,828,033    -71.0% 
                    --------  --------  --------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
                                         - 15 . 
 Load Factor**        59.2%     74.3%     1 ppts     63.6%       93. 6 %     -30.0ppts 
                    --------  --------  --------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

***not meaningful as variance is more than (+)100%

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

 
                       Month                  Rolling 12 months to: 
                  ---------------  -------  ------------------------  ------- 
                   April    April   Change    30 April     30 April    Change 
                    2021     2020     **        2021         2020 
                  -------          -------  -----------               ------- 
 CO2 emissions                                                          - 61 
  in tonnes*       72,028   9,157    n.m.    1,329,908    3,458,183     . 5 % 
                  -------  ------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 CO2 grams per                                                          33 . 
  passenger/km*     77.8    63.5    22.6%       76.1        57. 2        0 % 
                  -------  ------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 

*rounded to one decimal place

**not meaningful as variance is more than (+)100%

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 
                              Month                     Rolling 12 months to: 
                      --------------------  --------  ------------------------  ------- 
                         April      April    Change*    30 April     30 April    Change 
                          2021       2020                 2021         2020 
                      ----------            --------  -----------               ------- 
 Available Seat 
  Kilometres (000s)    1,508,488   188,842    n.m.     26,895,662   64,357,833   -58.2% 
                      ----------  --------  --------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
                                                                                  - 71 
 Revenue Passenger                                                                 . 1 
  Kilometres (000s)     925,935    144,308    n.m.     17,486,030   60,461,158      % 
                      ----------  --------  --------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 

*not meaningful as variance is more than (+)100%

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the fastest growing European low-cost airline, operates a fleet of 137 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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