Wizz Air passenger numbers jump 24% in August
Low-cost airline Wizz Air reported a 24.4% jump in passenger numbers in August as the load factor ticked higher.
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Passenger numbers rose to 2.9m from 2.3m in July, as the load factor - which gauges how full the planes are - rose to 95.4% from 93%.
On a rolling 12-month basis, passenger numbers were up 22.4% to 26.3m and the load factor increased to 91.1% from 88.5%.
Meanwhile, the company continued to expand its network, operations and customer offering, with seventeen new routes announced to/from Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Latvia. In addition, Wizz announced the introduction of a new ancillary product helping customers lock-in its low fares for 48 hours and complete their purchase later.