EANS-Adhoc: Air Berlin PLC continues its consolidation course and outlines its earnings improvement program `shape & size´

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earnings improvement 'shape & size'

20.09.2011

Ad hoc Notification Pursuant to § 15 of the German Securities Trading
Act (WpHG)

London, 20 September 2011 - Air Berlin PLC continues with the
implementation of its consolidation course and further outlines its
earnings improvement program `shape & size´. The basis of the
program is the improvement in processes and the optimization of the
entire organizational structure. A significant contribution is to be
achieved through network and fleet optimization. Air Berlin plans,
inter alia, to reduce its current fleet of 170 aircraft to 152 in
summer 2012. With a reduction in flight hours of only four percent
productivity per aircraft will increase.

With this package of measures Air Berlin intends to achieve an
operating improvement in results by Euro 200 million.

In light of the actual, volatile, economic development, a statement
with respect to the further performance of the 2011 year is currently
difficult to make.

Air Berlin PLC will publish detailed information on the earnings
improvement program `shape & size´ on 21 September2011. This
information will be available on the Internet at ir.airberlin.com
starting at 7:30 am (CEST).

Air Berlin PLC The Hour House 32 High Street Rickmansworth WD3 1ER
Hertfordshire Great Britain ISIN GB00B128C026, WKN AB1000, (Share) on
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Regulated Market, Prime Standard) ISIN
DE000A0NQ9H6 (Convertible Bond 2007) Euro MTF Market on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange ISIN DE000A1ALH01 (Convertible Bond 2009)
Open Market on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange ISIN DE000AB100A6 (Bond
2010) and ISIN DE000AB100B4 (Bond 2011) each of both segment Bondm of
the open market on the Stuttgart Stock Exchange and Main Securities
Market on the Irish Stock Exchange

Further inquiry note:
Ingolf Hegner
Head of Investor Relations
+49 (0)30 3434 1590
ihegner@airberlin.com

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issuer: Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG
The Hour House, High Street 32
UK-WD3 1ER Rickmansworth, Herts
phone: +49 (0)30 3434 1500
FAX: +49 (0)30/3434-1049
mail: abpresse@airberlin.com
WWW: http://www.airberlin.com
sector: Air Transport
ISIN: GB00B128C026
indexes: SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
language: English