Wizz Air reported a considerable rise in passenger numbers for April as air travel continued to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The budget airline carried over 3.62mln passengers in April, a surge of 542% from the same month last year, with capacity jumping 355.7% to 4.34mln seats.

The load factor that measures the percentage of available seats being booked increased from 59.2% to 83.4%. CO2 emissions in grams per passenger per kilometre were 24.7% lower than in April 2021.