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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Wizz Air passenger numbers rise to 7.8m despite Omicron fears

Wizz Air Airbus A321 departing from Eindhoven, Netherlands, in November 2021
Wizz Air’s statement to the London Stock Exchange was upbeat despite an operating loss of €213.6m for the last three months of 2021. Photograph: N Economou/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

More passengers took Wizz Air flights over the Christmas period despite the rise of the Omicron variant, and the carrier said it was cautiously optimistic about the continued recovery of air travel during the spring.

The budget airline reported it carried 7.8 million passengers during the three months to the end of December, even more than it did in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic, while its planes were more than three-quarters (77%) full.

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