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In the previous year, the airlines made less money from the sale of flight tickets. However, if you look at the additional sales, low-cost airlines saw strong growth. As a result, Wizz Air made more money in the previous year than with tickets.
The current yearbook of Cartrawler deals with the so-called ancillary revenues. These play a particularly important role with low costers and increasingly network carriers are also discovering this income opportunity.
During the corona pandemic, Wizz Air was able to increase the share of additional revenues by 10,6 percentage points to 55,9 percent. According to Cartrawler, you are not only number one worldwide, but for the first time you have earned more money with ancillary revenues than with flight tickets. Only the US low-cost airline Spirit was able to achieve similar values. Wizz Air competitor Ryanair is behind in seventh place with an additional sales share of 36,7 percent.
| Table 1: Top 10 Airlines - Ancillary Revenue as a% of Total Revenue | ||||
| Rank | Airlines | 2020 Result | 2019 Result | Change from 2019 |
| 1 | Wizz Air | Present in several = 55.9% | Present in several = 45.4% | ↑ 10.6 points |
| 2 | Spirit | Present in several = 55.8% | Present in several = 47.0% | ↑ 8.7 points |
| 3 | Viva Aerobus | Present in several = 52.6% | Present in several = 45.0% | ↑ 7.7 points |
| 4 | Allegiant | Present in several = 51.8% | Present in several = 46.5% | ↑ 5.4 points |
| 5 | Frontier | Present in several = 49.2% | Present in several = 43.6% | ↑ 5.6 points |
| 6 | Volaris | Present in several = 42.9% | Present in several = 38.5% | ↑ 4.4 points |
| 7 | Ryanair Group | Present in several = 36.7% | Present in several = 34.5% | ↑ 2.2 points |
| 8 | Pegasus | Present in several = 33.8% | Present in several = 26.4% | ↑ 7.4 points |
| 9 | Vietjet Air | Present in several = 33.4% | Present in several = 25.2% | ↑ 8.2 points |
| 10 | Southwest | Present in several = 27.9% | Present in several = 20.1% | ↑ 7.8 points |
But if you look at the actual income per passenger from ancillary revenues, Jet2 is in first place with 82,96 euros. Air Canada and Japan Airlines follow in second and third place. Spirit made it into the top ten, but Wizz Air didn't.
| Table 2: Top 10 Airlines - Ancillary Revenue per Passenger | |||||
| Rank | Airlines | 2020 Result | 2019 Result | Change from 2019 | |
| 1 | Jet2.com | $82.96 | $31.01 | + $ 51.94 | |
| 2 | Air Canada | $64.86 | $49.47 | + $ 15.39 | |
| 3 | Japan Airlines Group | $63.79 | New carrier listing for 2020 | ||
| 4 | Allegiant | $59.49 | $56.98 | + $ 2.51 | |
| 5 | Qantas Airways (FF) | $59.36 | $37.37 | + $ 21.99 | |
| 6 | Icelandair | $59.09 | $21.80 | + $ 37.29 | |
| 7 | United | $57.47 | $40.51 | + $ 16.96 | |
| 8 | Hawaiian Airlines | $56.82 | $37.17 | + $ 19.65 | |
| 9 | Frontier | $54.77 | $48.22 | + $ 6.54 | |
| 10 | Spirit | $54.72 | $52.14 | + $ 2.58 | |
The study including the results is in detail can be downloaded from this link provided.
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