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March 2020

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Shares in Wizz, the largest low-cost airline covering the Central & Eastern European market, hit new highs following superlative results for Q3 to 31 December, which noted revenues and EBITDA rising 25% to Eu637m and Eu132m, respectively. Net profit swung from a loss of Eu21m to a profit of Eu22.4m. These reflect a healthy 23% jump in passengers carried to 10m, boosting ticket sales by 15.5% to Eu336m while ancillary revenues rose 37% to Eu301m. The improved demand also saw better utilisation of its fleet with the load factor (how many available seats per plane are taken up) increasing by 1.1% from 91.4% to 92.5%.Efficiency gains reduced ex-fuel unit costs by 5.6% and although fuel unit costs rose 5.2%, the fall in oil prices m ...

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