4th Jan 2022 09:35
(Alliance News) - Wizz Air Holdings PLC on Tuesday posted a rise in passenger numbers and increased seat capacity in December.
Shares in Wizz Air were up 9.4% at 4,583.00 pence on Tuesday morning in London.
The Budapest-based low-cost airline carrier said that booked passenger numbers were up 21% in December, rising to 2.6 million from 2.2 million in November.
In both September and October, the figure stood at 3.0 million. Booked passenger numbers for the year peaked in August at 3.6 million.
Wizz Air raised its capacity 23% to 3.5 million in December from 2.9 million in November.
The load factor dipped slightly to 75% in December from 76% in November.
Overall CO2 emissions were up 23% to 276,639 tonnes in December compared to 224,019 tonnes in November. CO2 grammes per passenger per kilometre remained consistent with the previous month at 64 grams per passenger per kilometre. Wizz Air said this puts the company among the lowest CO2 emissions among competitor airlines.
The company added that it will launch new routes from its Gatwick Airport base from March onwards. The routes will be to 14 new destinations including Palma in Spain, Tel Aviv in Israel and Mykonos in Greece.
By Heather Rydings; [email protected]
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