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Wizz Air passenger numbers underline recovery

Air
Gary Noakes
3 May 2022

Wizz Air achieved an 83% load factor in April as the budget carrier benefited from returning passenger numbers.

Cardiff chief executive Spencer Birns hailed Wizz's arrival in April ‘a real turning point’ for the South Wales airport

The figure is a return to a near-normal proportion of seats sold, with 3.6 million people travelling on the airline, a 564% increase on the same month last year.

Last month also saw the carrier open its base at Cardiff, with nine new routes including Egypt.

Wizz Air also acquired two daily slot pairs at Luton, enabling it to add frequencies to existing routes to Romania and Poland.