Wizz Air sees January passenger numbers rise by a fifth

The year-on-year rise came as the central and eastern European carrier increased capacity by 18.2% to 1.8 million seats.

The load factor was up by 1.9 percentage points to 83.5%.

Annual carryings for the 12 months to January were up by 21.7% to 19.4 million.

The airline announced 11 new routes last month covering Romania, Poland, Bulgaria and Hungary.