Wizz Air passenger numbers jump in August
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Budget carrier Wizz Air said on Thursday that passenger numbers rose 38.5% year-on-year in August.
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The central and eastern European airline carried just over 4.96m passengers last month, versus 3.58m in August 2021. Meanwhile, the load factor - which gauges how full the planes are - increased to 90.5% from 83.6%.
On a rolling 12-month basis, passenger numbers were up 167.3% to just over 39.48m, while the load factor was 83.8%, up from 70.4%.