December 2025 Traffic Statistics
December passengers grew 15.5% year-on-year to 5.85m; four aircraft added for summer 2026 at major bases.
- December passengers 5.85m (prior 5.06m)
- December capacity 6.81m seats (prior 5.85m seats)
- December load factor 85.9% (prior 86.5%)
- December YoY passenger growth 15.5%
- December YoY capacity growth 16.3%
- CO2 per pax/km 52.3g (prior 53.7g)
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Replacement: This announcement replaces the "December 2025 Traffic and CO2 Emission Statistics" RNS released at 07:00:06 on 05 January 2026 with RNS Number: 6211N. The only change is the addition of the date of the reopening of Wizz Air's Suceava base and a correction to the opening date of its Targu Mures base, which took place to on December 8th rather than December 15th, as originally published. All other text remains unchanged.
WIZZ AIR REPORTS 15.5% YEAR-ON-YEAR DECEMBER PASSENGER GROWTH AND SIGNIFICANT NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS TO SUPPORT SUMMER '26 PROSPECTS
Geneva, 5 January 2026: Wizz Air Holdings Plc ("Wizz Air") reports strong December 2025 growth today and a range of important strategic developments during the month, which further strengthens its product-enhancing and regional densification strategies.
Wizz Air carried 5.85m million passengers in December, a 15.5% increase year-on-year, with capacity rising 16.3% to 6.81 million seats. The load factor for the month was 85.9%, down 0.6ppts year-over-year.
During the month:
- "4 to the power of 15": Wizz Air's network densification strategy saw four announcements in December in which a 15th aircraft will be added to the existing based fleets for the Summer '26 season at Luton, Rome Fiumicino, Tirana and Warsaw-Chopin Airport.
- Regional footprint further advanced: Wizz Air's CEE footprint was expanded further with the official reopening of its Suceava (December 15th) and Targu Mures (December 8th) bases in Romania, with two and one aircraft respectively, and the opening of its Warsaw-Modlin base (December 1st) with two A321neos.
- Distribution channels strengthened: On December 4th, Wizz Air announced its partnership with Kyte to open its 3rd party distribution platform to the corporate travel market. This follows the distribution agreement signed with Travelfusion in August, the world's largest flight content aggregator.
- NIS2 compliance: Wizz Air has demonstrated cyber resilience under the new EU NIS2 framework. In its inaugural pre-audit regarding these stringent regulations, the airline achieved a 97% score, securing the highest possible rating of 'Compliant with Negligible Risk'.
| Month | Rolling 12 months | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | December 2024 | Change YoY | December 2025 | December 2024 | Change YoY | |
| Capacity (seats) | 6,810,603 | 5,853,738 | 16.3% | 75,348,028 | 69,092,918 | 9.1% |
| Passengers* | 5,847,828 | 5,061,425 | 15.5% | 68,591,371 | 62,686,711 | 9.4% |
| Load Factor** | 85.9% | 86.5% | -0.6ppts | 91.0% | 90.7% | 0.3ppts |
| *Booked passengers | ||||||
| ** Rounded to one decimal place | ||||||
| Wizz Air Monthly CO2 Emission Statistics* | ||||||
| Month | Rolling 12 months | |||||
| December 2025 | December 2024 | Change YoY | December 2025 | December 2024 | Change YoY | |
| CO 2 (MT) Emissions | 532,153 | 482,951 | 10.2% | 6,024666 | 5,761,732 | 4.6% |
| CO 2 g per pax/km** | 52.3 | 53.7 | -2.5% | 50.8 | 52.4 | -3.2% |
* The published CO2 figures do not include any benefit from Wizz Air's SAF uplift
** Rounded to one decimal place
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