Wizz Air Holdings Plc (LON:WIZZ), the fastest-growing European airline, has announced passenger and CO2 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 41st 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 CO2 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 CO2 emissions in tonnes decreased at a slightly higher rate than capacity.
| Month February 2021 | Month February 2020 | Change | Rolling 12 months to: 28 February 2021 | Rolling 12 months to: 29 February 2020 | Change | ||
| Capacity (seats) | 548,569 | 3,212,875 | -82.9% | 17,068,686 | 43,786,151 | -61.0% | |
| Passengers* | 382,928 | 3,014,341 | -87.3% | 11,459,774 | 41,006,309 | -72.1% | |
| Load Factor** | 69.8% | 93.8% | -24.0ppts | 67.1% | 93.7% | -26.5ppts |
*booked passengers
**rounded to one decimal place
Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics
| Month February 2021 | Month February 2020 | Change | Rolling 12 months to: 28 February 2021 | Rolling 12 months to: 29 February 2020 | Change | ||
| CO2 emissions in tonnes* | 43,596 | 283,244 | -84.6% | 1,374,484 | 3,849,617 | -64.3% | |
| CO2 grams per passenger/km* | 69.4 | 56.9 | 21.9% | 72.7 | 57.3 | 26.8% |
*rounded to one decimal place
Additional Wizz Air Operational Statistics
| Month February 2021 | Month February 2020 | Change | Rolling 12 months to: 28 February 2021 | Rolling 12 months to: 29 February 2020 | Change | ||
| Available Seat Kilometres (000s) | 893,865 | 5,281,109 | -83.1% | 27,586,441 | 71,502,179 | -61.4% | |
| Revenue Passenger Kilometres (000s) | 628,163 | 4,974,639 | -87.4% | 18,910,399 | 67,173,668 | -71.8% |
