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Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 September 2021

AUGUST 2021 TRAFFIC AND CO2 EMISSION STATISTICS

WIZZ AIR CARRIED 3,582,000 PASSENGERS

Ticker: WIZZ

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

In August 2021, Wizz Air carried 3,582,000 passengers at a load factor of 84%. Wizz Air continued to grow its network and improve its customer offering as follows:

-- Wizz Air announced four new routes from North Macedonia to Italy, Germany and Denmark - Skopje to Bologna and Turin ( Italy ) , Skopje to Billund ( Denmark ) , and Ohrid to Friedrichshafen ( Germany ) . The first flights to all destinations will depart in December 2021 .

-- Wizz Air also announced the allocation of a second aircraft to its Sarajevo base in Bosnia and Herzegovina and sixth aircraft to Tirana base in Albania . The additional aircraft will join the respective fleet s from December 2021, enabling the start of new routes from Sarajevo to Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg (Germany) , Venice ( Italy ) , Billund ( Denmark ) , Malmo (Sweden) and Oslo (Norway) and from Tirana to Liverpool ( United Kingdom ) , Madrid ( Spain ) , Billund ( Denmark ) and Oslo ( Norway ). New additions will

also   enable  increase of frequencies o n airline's existing routes. 

-- Wizz Air continuously operates amongst the lowest CO(2) emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines, with 69.7 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 August 2021. For the month of August, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 13.1% lower compared to same month last year, as we witness an improvement in load factors over same time.

 
                             Month                         Rolling 12 months 
                                                                  to: 
                    ----------------------  ---------  ------------------------  ---------- 
                      August      August      Change    31 August    31 August     Change 
                        2021        2020        **         2021         2020 
                    ----------              ---------  -----------               ---------- 
                                             2 7 . 5 
 Capacity (seats)    4,284,524   3,359,723       %      20,989,144   31,124,655    -32.6% 
                    ----------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Passengers*         3,581,788   2,381,214    50.4%     14,773,076   26,663,988    -44.6% 
                    ----------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 Load Factor**         83.6%       70.9%     12.7ppts     70.4%        85.7%      -15.3ppts 
                    ----------  ----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 

*booked passengers

**rounded to one decimal place

Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics

 
                             Month                   Rolling 12 months to: 
                      ------------------  -------  ------------------------  ------- 
                       August    August    Change   31 August    31 August    Change 
                         2021      2020       *        2021         2020 
                      --------            -------  -----------               ------- 
 CO2 emissions 
  in tonnes*           337,611   276,775   22.0%    1,636,121    2,677,644    -38.9% 
                      --------  --------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 CO2 grams 
  per passenger/km*     60.4      69.6     -13.1%      69.7         60.9      14.4% 
                      --------  --------  -------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 

*rounded to one decimal place

Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics

 
                               Month                      Rolling 12 months to: 
                      ----------------------  --------  ------------------------  ------- 
                        August      August     Change*   31 August    31 August    Change 
                          2021        2020                  2021         2020 
                      ----------              --------  -----------               ------- 
 Available Seat 
  Kilometres (000s)    6,707,377   5,537,429    21.1%    33,070,468   50,978,111   -35.1% 
                      ----------  ----------  --------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 Revenue Passenger 
  Kilometres (000s)    5,587,411   3,978,399    40.4%    23,473,776   43,957,867   -46.6% 
                      ----------  ----------  --------  -----------  -----------  ------- 
 

*rounded to one decimal place

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air, the fastest growing European low-cost airline, operates a fleet of 143 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 10.2 million passengers in the financial year F21 ending 31 March 2021. 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 
 
               Natasha Seager Smith, Wizz Air: 
                Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting    +36 1 777 8475 
 Media:         LLP:                                                 +44 20 3727 1017 
 
 

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