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

Number of passengers at the previous year's level

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Company Information/Traffic Figures November 2009

Subtitle: Number of passengers at the previous year's level

Berlin (euro adhoc) - In November 2009, Air Berlin, Germany's
second-largest airline company, improved its revenue per available
seat kilometer (ASK) to 5.24 Eurocents, i.e. an increase of 1.7
percent over the corresponding month of the previous year (November
2008: 5.15 Eurocents). With a total of 2,150,645 passengers
(including those travelling on the acquired TUIfly routes), the
number of passengers transported remained at the previous year's
level (-0.1 percent). In November 2008, Air Berlin transported
2,151,873 passengers (including those travelling on the acquired
TUIfly routes). Fleet capacity utilization for November 2009
decreased slightly (-0.8 percentage points) to 71.9 percent (November
2008: 72.7 percent). Capacity increased by 1.1 percent over the
corresponding month of the previous year.

From January to November 2009, Air Berlin transported 25,860,813
passengers (including those travelling on the acquired TUIfly
routes), i.e. 4.3 percent less than in the corresponding period of
the previous year (2008: 27,016,158 passengers). This decline was
offset by an accumulated capacity reduction of 2.9 percent. For the
11-month period, fleet capacity utilization decreased from 78.7 to
77.6 percent, i.e. -1.1 percentage points.

November 2009

Capacity 2,992,564
Number of passengers 2,150,645
Capacity utilization rate in % 71.9

November 2009, accumulated
Capacity 33,319,645
Number of passengers 25,860,813
Capacity utilization rate in % 77.6

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ots Originaltext: Air Berlin PLC & Co Luftverkehrs KG
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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
Index: SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
München / free trade