EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC / Air Berlin increases revenue in July

Fleet capacity utilization at the previous year's level

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air transport/traffic figures July 2009

Berlin (euro adhoc) - Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline
company, was able to increase its revenue per available seat
kilometer for July 2009. With 6.20 Eurocents, revenue per available
seat kilometer was 5.9 percent higher than that of the corresponding
month of the previous year (July 2008: 5.86 Eurocents). At 83.4
percent, fleet capacity utilization remained approximately at the
previous year's level (+ 0.1 percentage points). Due to a targeted
capacity reduction of 3.4 percent, the number of passengers
transported in July 2009 declined by 3.3 percent to 2,811,025 (July
2008: 2,908,018).

For the period from January to July 2009, a total of 15,525,847
passengers traveled on Air Berlin's flight routes, i.e. a decline of
5.3 percent in comparison with the corresponding period of the
previous year (January-July 2008: 16,403,054). This decline is in
part due to the accumulated capacity decreasing by 3 percent during
the first seven months of the year. For the same time period, fleet
capacity utilization decreased from 78.1 to 76.3 percent (-1.8
percentage points).

July 2009

Capacity 3,372,543
Number of passengers 2,811,025
Capacity utilization rate in % 83.4

July 2009, accumulated
Capacity 20,363,037
Number of passengers 15,525,847
Capacity utilization rate in % 76.3

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ots Originaltext: Air Berlin PLC & Co Luftverkehrs KG
Im Internet recherchierbar: http://www.presseportal.de

Further inquiry note:

Claudia Löffler

Senior Manager Public Relations, Air Berlin

phone: + 49 30 3434 1500

fax: + 49 30 3434 1509

e-mail: cloeffler@airberlin.com

Branche: Air Transport
ISIN: GB00B128C026
WKN: AB1000
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