Director dealings: Wizz Air CEO lowers stake via VAXCO interest

Varadi, who offload the shares via his interest in VAXCO Holdings, sold the shares on Wednesday at an average price of 5,317.0p each, for a total value of £6.38m.

Earlier in February, Wizz said January passenger numbers plunged 81.8% year on year as new variants of the coronavirus and travel bans battered demand.

Passenger volumes fell to 573,692 from 3,158,656 in January 2020. Capacity plummeted 73% and the load factor declined by 29.2 percentage points to 61%.

As of 1620 GMT, Wizz shares were up 1.92% at 5,300.0p.

Top Director Buys

Distribution Finance Capital Holdings (DFCH)
Director name: Baines,John
Amount purchased: 202,698 @ 62.00p
Value: £125,672.76

Xtract Resources (XTR)
Director name: Bird,Colin
Amount purchased: 1,000,000 @ 5.84p
Value: £58,373.00

Udg Healthcare Public Limited Company (UDG)
Director name: Lee,Myles
Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 772.00p
Value: £38,600.00

Altus Strategies (ALS)
Director name: Grainger,Matthew
Amount purchased: 33,000 @ 82.70p
Value: £27,291.00

Nb Private Equity Partners Ltd. (NBPE)
Director name: Falla,John
Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 1,195.00p
Value: £23,900.00

Tesco (TSCO)
Director name: Platt,Alison
Amount purchased: 4,600 @ 227.99p
Value: £10,487.54

Spirent Communications (SPT)
Director name: Bell,Paula
Amount purchased: 52 @ 238.00p
Value: £123.76

Top Director Sells

Wizz Air Holdings (WIZZ)
Director name: Varadi,Jozsef
Amount sold: 120,000 @ 5,317.00p
Value: £6,380,399.78

Dev Clever Holdings (DEV)
Director name: Jeffries,Christopher Michael
Amount sold: 50,000,000 @ 8.00p
Value: £3,999,999.91

Aveva Group (AVV)
Director name: Hayman,Craig
Amount sold: 32,000 @ 3,551.00p
Value: £1,136,319.95

Hochschild Mining (HOC)
Director name: Bustamante,Ignacio
Amount sold: 227,455 @ 298.00p
Value: £677,815.90

Hochschild Mining (HOC)
Director name: Bustamante,Ignacio
Amount sold: 150,000 @ 318.00p
Value: £477,000.01

Hochschild Mining (HOC)
Director name: Bustamante,Ignacio
Amount sold: 100,000 @ 318.00p
Value: £318,000.01

Hochschild Mining (HOC)
Director name: Bustamante,Ignacio
Amount sold: 100,000 @ 301.00p
Value: £301,000.00

Distribution Finance Capital Holdings (DFCH)
Director name: Baines,John
Amount sold: 202,698 @ 62.00p
Value: £125,672.76

Powerhouse Energy Group (PHE)
Director name: Greenstreet,James
Amount sold: 1,600,000 @ 7.03p
Value: £112,416.01

Altus Strategies (ALS)
Director name: Grainger,Matthew
Amount sold: 30,000 @ 82.40p
Value: £24,720.00