EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC / Air Berlin transports 27.9 million passengers in 2009

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Berlin (euro adhoc) - In 2009, Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline
company, transported a total of 27,911,193 passengers (including those traveling
on the TUIfly routes acquired on 25 October 2009), thus confirming the company's
spring 2009 forecast with respect to the development in the number of passengers
traveling with Air Berlin. The 2009 figure corresponds to a decrease of 3.9
percent in comparison with the previous year (2008: 29,050,967 passengers,
including those traveling on the acquired TUIfly routes). One of the reasons for
this decline is that the accumulated capacity was reduced by 2.6 percent.
Despite the difficult market environment, fleet capacity utilization in 2009
reached 77.3 percent, a decline of only one percentage point (2008: 78.3
percent). Revenue per available seat kilometer (ASK) increased to 5.75
Eurocents, i.e. a 7 percent increase over the previous year (2008: 5.38
Eurocents).

In December 2009, Air Berlin welcomed 2,050,380 passengers on board (including
those traveling on the acquired TUIfly routes), i.e. 0.8 percent more than in
the corresponding month of the previous year (December 2008: 2,034,809
passengers, including those traveling on the acquired TUIfly routes). Fleet
capacity utilization increased by 0.5 percentage points to 73.1 percent
(December 2008: 72.6 percent). Capacity remained at the previous year's level
(+0.1 percent). Revenue per available seat kilometer (ASK) for December 2009
amounted to 4.98 Eurocents, i.e. a 6.5 percent decrease in comparison with the
previous year (December 2008: 5.33 Eurocents).

December 2009
Capacity 2,805,117
Number of passengers 2,050,380
Capacity utilization rate in % 73.1

December 2009, accumulated
Capacity 36,124,762
Number of passengers 27,911,193
Capacity utilization rate in % 77.3

Further inquiry note:
Claudia Löffler
Senior Manager Public Relations, Air Berlin
phone: + 49 30 3434 1500
fax: + 49 30 3434 1509
e-mail: [email protected]
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issuer: Air Berlin PLC
The Hour House, High Street 32
UK-WD3 1ER Rickmansworth, Herts
phone: +49 (0)30 3434 1500
FAX: +49 (0)30/3434-1049
mail: [email protected]
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

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