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Company Information/Traffic Figures July 2012

Berlin (euro adhoc) - airberlin: Increased year-to-year capacity
utilization

For the first seven months of 2012, airberlin was able to increase
its capacity utilization by 1.5% over the corresponding period of the
previous year. In the context of the "Shape & Size"
efficiency-increasing program, airberlin, Germany's second-largest
airline company, reduced its capacity to 24,430,737 seats, which
corresponds to an overall reduction of 7.2 percent as compared to the
first seven months of the previous year. Over the same period,
airberlin transported 19,140,365 passengers, i.e. 5.4 percent less
than in the months from January to July 2011.

In July 2012, airberlin welcomed 3,583,137 passengers on board, i.e.
5.9 percent less than in the same month of the previous year (July
2011: 3,809,401 passengers). At 83.73 percent, capacity utilization
remained approximately constant (July 2011: 84.45 percent), due to
airberlin reducing capacity by 5.1 percent in monthly comparison. The
postponed inauguration of the new airport in Berlin and the burden
resulting from the aviation tax prevented an increase in capacity
utilization in direct monthly comparison.

July 2012

Capacity 4,279,551 (-5.1 %)
Number of passengers 3,583,137 (-5.9 %)
Capacity utilization rate in % 83.73 (-0.7 pp)

July 2012, accumulated
Capacity 24,430,737 (-7.2 %)
Number of passengers 19,140,365 (-5.4 %)
Capacity utilization rate in % 78.35 (+1.5 pp)

Further inquiry note:
Mathias Radowski
Press Officer
Tel.: +49 (0)30/3434-1500
E-Mail: Mathias.Radowski@airberlin.com

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company: Air Berlin PLC
The Hour House, High Street 32
UK-WD3 1ER Rickmansworth, Herts
phone: +49 (0)30 3434 1500
FAX: +49 (0)30/3434-1509
mail: abpresse@airberlin.com
WWW: http://www.airberlin.com
sector: Air Transport
ISIN: GB00B128C026
indexes: SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English