Wizz Air has reported a web lack of €116 million for the three months to December 31st because the Covid-19 pandemic took an enormous toll on aviation.
The low-cost provider noticed income of €21 million for a similar interval final 12 months.
Wizz carried 2.2 million passengers over the interval, down from over ten million throughout the identical interval of 2019.
Income for the third quarter slumped to €150 million, down from €637 million for a similar quarter within the prior 12 months.
Load elements additionally fell from 93 per cent to 63 per cent over the interval.
József Váradi, Wizz Air chief govt, stated: “Wizz Air continued to give attention to strengthening its market place and defending liquidity through the third quarter of economic 2021, the place sustained authorities restrictions severely obstructed air journey.
“On the finish of the quarter complete money steadiness stood at €1.2 billion.
“The corporate has relentless self-discipline on value and money administration while maximizing money returns on the flights it operated.”
Trying forward, nevertheless, Váradi struck an identical tone to Ryanair, arguing there can be alternatives for these greatest positioned to take advantage of them.
“Wizz Air is even higher positioned to cope with the uncertainties related to Covid-19 and now with vaccinations being rolled out throughout our key markets we consider 2021 will probably be a transition 12 months out of the Covid-19 disaster,” he stated.
“The initiatives we’re implementing in our enterprise have a really singular focus: enabling the Firm to emerge from the Covid-19 context as a structural winner.
“Our ambition is to totally restart our operations as quickly as journey restrictions scale back, always defending the well being of consumers and staff.”
