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Wizz Air Traffic Jumps 11.4% in August

Wizz Air Holdings Plc (LON:WIZZ) reported a robust 11.4% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic for August 2025, carrying 6.91 million passengers.

The growth coincides with the airline achieving record-low emissions intensity for the month.

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Seat capacity also saw an uptick, rising by 12.1% compared to August 2024, demonstrating Wizz Air’s proactive approach to meeting increased travel demand.

The airline maintained a strong load factor of 94.8%, a marginal decrease of just 0.60 percentage points from the previous year’s 95.4%, indicating sustained high demand for its services.

Wizz Air continued its reduction in CO2 emissions per revenue passenger kilometer (RPK), reaching 49.6 grams, a 2.5% year-on-year decrease. This marks only the second time in seven years that the airline has achieved a sub-50 gram level.

On August 19th, Wizz Air announced a strategic distribution partnership with Travelfusion, a leading flight content aggregator. This collaboration aims to tap into the portion of European travelers (45%) who still prefer booking through retail channels, potentially unlocking incremental revenue growth and expanding Wizz Air’s market reach.

The rolling 12-month figures showed passenger numbers up 6.6% year-on-year to 66.15 million and a load factor improvement of 1.0 percentage point to 91.1%.

Wizz Air shares are down 7.3% this year. However, the stock has climbed by approximately 7% in the last month.

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Sam Boughedda
Sam Boughedda
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Sam is a trader and lead stock market writer at AskTraders. After starting his career in the forex market, Sam now focuses on stocks, specifically consumer staples. 

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