Wizz Air carried 7.62 million passengers in October, almost 20% more than a year earlier, as it expanded capacity and prepared new bases in Spain. The traffic update published on 3 November shows a larger operation, though the share of seats filled slipped.
Passenger numbers rose 19.8%, while available seats increased 22.1% to 8.36 million. The load factor was 91.2%, down 1.7 percentage points. Capacity therefore grew faster than passenger traffic: a record of expansion is not, by itself, a measure of stronger profitability.
The Spanish expansion gives the figures a practical travel angle. The airline’s July announcement scheduled the Valencia base to start on 2 November and Madrid on 3 November. Its latest update describes three based aircraft serving 16 routes across the two new bases.
There is also a temporary response to disruption on Spain’s high-speed railway. Wizz Air says it will add two daily return services on each of the Madrid–Málaga and Madrid–Seville routes from 6 November to 13 December, with fares capped at €99.99. These are announced temporary additions, not a permanent timetable for those frequencies.
For passengers, more seats can mean more departure options, but the monthly report does not establish that every route has become cheaper or that every flight will operate as planned. Bookings still need to be checked against the dated timetable, baggage terms and the final price. The next commercial question is whether demand will keep pace with the extra capacity once the new bases are established.
