In October 2021, Wizz Air carried 2,977,000 passengers – a 159.7% increase over October 2020 – at a load factor of 79.5%, which was up by 13.6 percentage points compared to the prior-year period. Capacity was up by 115.2% to 3,743,804 seats.
On a rolling 12 months basis, Wizz Air passenger numbers are down 17.5% to 18,035,096 with a 10.8% decline in capacity. The airline’s 12-month average load factor dipped by 5.9 percentage points to 73.9%.
During October, Wizz Air announced a major expansion in the Ukrainianmarket, doubling its capacity there. The expansion comes as a result of Ukraine signingthe Open Skies agreement with EU on 12 October 2021. The new investment will increase its current fleet to eight aircraft in Kyiv International Airport and to three aircraft in Lviv International Airport from summer 2022.
Wizz Air also announced the opening of its seventh Italian base, at Venice Marco Polo airport, with two A321neo aircraft and the launch of four new domestic services and 12 international destinations. Wizz Air Abu Dhabi announced a new route connecting Moscow with Abu Dhabi from December 2021.
Wizz Air has reported CO2 emissions of 66.6 grams per passenger/km for the rolling 12 months to 31 October 2021. For the month of October, emissions in grams per passenger/km were 15.4% lower compared to same month last year, as load factors improve.