Wizz Air September Passengers Rise 24.2% as Pricing Firms and Load Factor Dips
Wizz Air carried almost a quarter more passengers in September than a year earlier, while its load factor dipped slightly as the airline grew seats faster than demand and pricing strengthened.
Wizz Air (LON: WIZZ) carried 7,780,835 passengers in September, up 24.2% from 6,265,236 a year earlier. The airline’s load factor, the share of seats it filled, slipped 0.8 percentage points to 92.0%.
Capacity grew faster than traffic, up 25.3% to 8,459,005 seats. Wizz said the load factor in part reflected a stronger pricing environment, with notable improvement in the month versus earlier periods.
Over the rolling 12 months, passengers rose 19.0% to 79,326,688 and the load factor eased to 91.0% from 91.2%. On emissions, CO2 per passenger per kilometre fell 1.6% to 49.0 grams, though total September CO2 rose 17.1% with the larger operation.
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Wizz shares stood at 1033p at 8.08am today, against yesterday’s close of 1030p, a gain of 0.29%. Volume was very thin, with the session only minutes old.
Wizz Air share price in pence, 1 September to 2 October 2026; the latest point is the 08:08 London quote today, not a close
That quote is 8.45% above the 952.5p close on the 16th of September, the day before the company’s capital markets day. It is 4.87% above the 985p close on the 17th of September, when the shares gained 3.41%.
The shares remain down 19.04% this year from 1276p at the end of 2025, and about 28.6% below the 1447p closing high of the 4th of February.
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At the capital markets day on the 17th of September, chief executive József Váradi set targets for the financial year 2030: revenue of EUR 10bn, ex-fuel unit costs (CASK) of EUR 3.00 cents, a 10% operating profit margin and a return to an investment grade balance sheet.
By F30, we intend to operate an all-neo fleet of 335 aircraft, carry 127 million passengers and deliver sustainable, industry-leading margins.
József Váradi, chief executive of Wizz Air
The company gave no guidance for the 2027 financial year. It did improve its second-quarter RASK (revenue per available seat kilometre) guidance to flat on last year from down low single digits, citing stronger than expected summer revenue, and trimmed its originally planned second-half capacity by 5% because of geopolitical and fuel price volatility.
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