Wizz Air Group had 2023 passengers on board its Airbus fleet across the group in September 5.538.773. Compared to the same month last year, there was an increase of 21 percent, even though some routes had to be thinned out due to problems with Pratt & Whitney engines.

The pink low-coster may have benefited from the high occupancy rate, as it was able to increase to 92,4 percent. In the previous year this was 87 percent and in the year to date it has been an average of 84,6 percent. The significant improvement is not only due to the continued high demand, but also to the fact that fewer flights are available on some routes, meaning that existing connections are better utilized.

Wizz Air also came up with a new experiment in September 2023. At some airports, videos are played on the airport screens before boarding in which passengers are given behavioral recommendations for boarding, the flight and disembarking. According to its own information, the low-cost airline wants to speed up boarding and de-boarding and thus further minimize the downtime on the ground.

It remains to be seen whether the videos will have the desired success, as experience has shown that advertising videos on airport screens are often hardly noticed. Airlines are constantly making attempts to speed up boarding. Some carriers have come up with so-called group boarding. Ultimately, the implementation depends on the ground staff and they do not always adhere to the airline's specifications. During bus boarding, “boarding” in groups can be reduced to absurdity, because in many cases the travelers are then mixed up again in the vehicle.