euro adhoc: Air Berlin PLC / Personnel / Air Berlin to conclude collective labour agreements for cockpit and cabin staff Agreement with VC Cockpit and Verdi Trade Unions

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collective labour agreements

07.08.2007

For the first time, Air Berlin concluded payment contracts and
framework agreements on employment conditions for the flying staff:
for the pilots with "Vereinigung Cockpit" (VC), the trade union for
pilots, and for the flight attendants with ver.di, the trade union
for the service sector.

Air Berlin and Vereinigung Cockpit declared concurrently, that in
view of the continuing processes of consolidation in the German
airline industry, the necessity of cooperation between Air Berlin and
Vereinigung Cockpit is a fundamental precondition for a successful
development of the newly emerging business structure. After intensive
preliminary discussions both parties therefore agreed on concluding a
contract of payment and framework agreements on employment conditions
on the basis of the present actual working conditions at Air Berlin,
which become effective as of 1 August 2007. In addition they agreed
on starting negotiations on establishing an employee union
representation for the cockpit staff. In addition, Air Berlin
announces that the contract of payment is valid until 31 December
2008; and the framework agreements on employment conditions until 31
December 2009. On the same basis they came to an agreement for the
cabin crews with ver.di, the trade union for the service sector. At
present, Air Berlin employs 805 pilots and 1442 flight attendants. By
concluding the collective labour agreements for the flying staff of
Air Berlin we created on the one hand cost assurance related to
personnel an on the other hand a future-oriented basis for the
further positive development of our company.

Air Berlin PLC
The Hour House
32 High Street
Rickmansworth
WD3 1ER Hertfordshire
UK

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of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange

end of announcement euro adhoc 07.08.2007 14:46:49
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Ingolf Hegner
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ihegner@airberlin.com

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