euro adhoc: Austrian Airlines AG / quarterly or semiannual financial statement / Positive Ebit confirms upward trend

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24.10.2007

Adjusted EBIT for financial year 2007 not negative

Financial result of the Austrian Airlines Group, January to September
2007

"After achieving a balanced EBIT the previous year, we have
succeeded in improving the EBIT in the first nine months of 2007 to
EUR 33.3m. The adjusted EBIT, which stood at EUR -9.1m last year,
has also improved significantly this year, to EUR 32.2m. This
demonstrates that we are very much on the right path with our
restructuring measures. Despite high level of the oil price, we
have also been able to slightly increase the adjusted result for the
third quarter. In light of the continuing positive trend, we assume
that the adjusted EBIT for 2007 as a whole will not turn out
negative despite the high average fuel price," commented
Austrian CEO Alfred Ötsch today. Mr. Ötsch continued: "In our
quality offensive, we have continued to create a wide range of
incentives to fly Austrian, including our DO&CO catering, new
interactive services, greater legroom on our Fokker fleet and the
new HON Lounge. In strategically expanding our network, we are
concentrating on our successful target markets in Central and
Eastern Europe, where we will also be introducing more frequency
increases in the winter schedule. We are well on our way, and from
the way it looks

today, striving to generate a profit that will justify our paying a dividend by
2009."

Overview of Financial Result January to September 2007

|Key Figures | |1-9 / 2007 |+/- % py |7-9 / 2007 |+/- % py
|Revenue |EURm. |1,891.7 |-4.1 |687.6 |-8.2
|EBITDAR1 |EURm. |295.7 |10.5 |123.3 |-4.3
|EBITDAR1 adjusted2 |EURm. |294.6 |16.2 |130.0 |2.7
|Result from operating
|activities (EBIT) |EURm. |33.3 |- |36.2 |-11.7
|Result from operating
|activities (EBIT)
|adjusted2 |EURm. |32.2 |- |42.9 |10.9
|Net result for the
|period |EURm. |20.6 |- |29.2 |-17.0
|Cash flow from
|operating activities |EURm. |252.5 |-4.5 |61.0 |-11.8
|Net Gearing |% |117.7 |- |117.7 |-
|Earnings per share |EUR |0.26 |- |0.35 |-67.6
|CVA |EURm. |-50.0 |41.8 |20.1 |1.0
|Passengers carried
|(total) | |8,348,412 |-0.7 |3,252,901 |-4.8
|Passenger load factor
|(scheduled service) |% |75.5 |1.2P. |78.0 |0.0P.
|Employees (end of
|period) | |7,980 |-7.8 |7,980 |-7.8

1 Result from operating activities (EBIT) before
associates, before depreciation and rentals 2 Adjusted by the
result from the disposal of assets, other costs of the
transfer of aircraft, foreign currency valuations at the reporting
date and impairment of the value of aircraft

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information concerning the disclosure according to §§ 24 and 25
Media Act on www.austrian.com

end of announcement euro adhoc 24.10.2007 07:25:31
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