# Wizz Air continues to operate at lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km amongst all competitor airlines

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- Published: 2021-03-02T07:42:46+00:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**Wizz Air Holdings Plc** (LON:WIZZ), the fastest-growing European airline, has 
announced 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
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% |

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