Wizz Air traffic, load factor up in June

Low-cost airline Wizz Air reported a 23.6% jump in passenger numbers on the year in June to 2.49m, while the load factor - which gauges how full the flights were - nudged up to 92.3% from 91.7%.

On a rolling 12-month basis, passenger numbers were up 20.9% to 25.22m and the load factor increased to 90.5% from 88.4%.

Last month, Wizz opened its first UK base at London Luton airport. The company said at the time that it would base one of its new Airbus A320 aircraft at the airport, increasing operations to 42 routes from Luton, including three new services to Tel Aviv in Israel, Pristina in Kosovo and Kutaisi in Georgia.