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Wizz Air

Delivering €6.5m revenue for Airline via Demand Generation campaigns

Wizz Air is EMEA’s most environmentally sustainable airline (According to CAPA – Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence 2024), run by a team of dedicated aviation professionals. They have one of the most advanced and youngest fleets in the sky with well over 200 aircraft. Their team of amazing professionals from over 100 countries fly you on nearly 1,000 routes to almost 200 destinations in more than 50 countries.

The Challenge

Wizz Air had an extensive PPC account campaign structure in place, but we identified key opportunities to improve efficiency and performance.

We proposed a twofold approach: implementing dynamic campaigns with a live route feed to improve ad relevance and reallocating budget from Paid Brand to Demand Gen and Performance Max for a more balanced growth strategy.

Our objectives:

1

Maintain revenue during onboarding, then increase it by 25% in the first four months and 50% year-over-year

2

Increase Paid Search efficiency and reduce Branded spend by 25% through a holistic Search method (Organic x Paid) to enable a greater focus on consideration-driving campaigns

The Strategy

Implementing dynamic campaigns via a live route feed

Previously, campaigns relied on manually uploaded brand and route keywords without factoring in live prices or availability. Across multiple markets (including the UK, Italy, and the UAE), many keywords targeted sold-out routes, while some active routes had no ads at all.

To prevent wasted ad spend on unavailable routes, we built a feed combining internal APIs with location data. After translating routes and city names, this feed provided real-time route details in Google Sheets. Integrated with Search Ads 360, it automatically creates, enables, or pauses ads based on live availability.

This also made the activity more transparent—Impression’s internal teams and Wizz Air stakeholders could easily see which ads were live at any time.

Updating Paid Brand strategy based on Organic Visibility

We worked with Impression’s Organic team to refine Branded spend while maintaining strong Brand search performance.

Analysis showed low competitor bidding and high Organic rankings across most markets. Italy was selected for testing, but we found Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) were bidding on broader terms like “Wizz Air flights.”

To measure the impact, we developed a dashboard tracking overall Brand search performance across paid and organic channels. By adjusting bidding strategies, we lowered CPCs on core Brand terms and measured the resulting traffic impact.

The savings from these efficiency improvements were reinvested into upper-funnel activity, specifically Performance Max and Demand Gen campaigns, driving broader demand and awareness.

The Results

+78%

Increase in revenue vs same period YoY

+39%

Increase in revenue vs the previous 4 months (No loss in revenue during onboarding period)

156%

Increase in clicks

-38%

Ad cost

13%

ROAS

€6.5m

Delivered in conversion value via Demand Gen and Performance Max

-41%

CPC as paid search efficiency improved

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