Wizz Air passenger numbers are flying after airline announced new UK base at London Luton last month

Wizz Air has announced a bumper rise in passenger numbers for last month. Passenger numbers rose 21.8% to 1.7m compared to the same month last year, while load factor rose from 86.4% in Feb 2016 to 91.9%. On a rolling 12 month basis, passenger numbers rose 19% to 23.44m. Last month the airline announced it was ramping up expansion efforts, adding 12 new routes across Macedonia, Latvia, the UK, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary and Poland. It also announced a new base in London Luton, which will open June 18, taking Wizz Air's number of bases to 28. CE Jozsef Varadi said that while there had not been a change in passenger demand since the Brexit vote, the sterling slide had diminished the euro value of its sales. Varadi said that this new announcement "underlines Wizz Air's commitment to the UK".<br/>