Wizz Air claims to be the greenest airline in Europe

Hungary's low-cost airline Wizz Air has claimed that it has the lowest per passenger CO2 emissions of all airlines in the European Union.

In May 2019, Wizz Air generated 56.5g of carbon dioxide per passenger/km, which gives it the continent's smallest environment footprint. Wizz has also said going forward it will include emissions figures in its monthly statistics, thus adding transparency and allowing passengers to have all the necessary information to make responsible choices.

“Wizz Air’s ultimate goal is to liberate lives by providing affordable travel, and we pride ourselves on delivering this in the most sustainable way. Being a responsible business and ensuring a sustainable future for next generations is not a race,” said the airline’s CEO, József Váradi.

“Today, with the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/km in the industry, Wizz Air is already the greenest choice of air travel a passenger can make,” he added. “We have set ambitious goals for ourselves to further reduce the impact on the environment by deploying the latest state-of-the-art technology and further reducing CO2 emissions per passenger by a third by 2030. We have the best tools to achieve this – the A321NEO aircraft with Wizz Air’s seat configuration of 239 passenger seats and Pratt and Whitney’s Geared Turbofan engines bring the cleanest and most environmentally-friendly technology that currently exists in the world.”

The airline said that it flew a total of 3.47 million passengers in May, an increase of 22.4% on 2018.

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