Another passenger record for Air Berlin

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Berlin (euro adhoc) - The Air Berlin Group continued on its path to growth in
2007. In total, Air Berlin (including LTU since 1/2007 and Belair since 11/2007)
transported 27,862,507 passengers, i.e. 10.6 percent more than in the previous
year (2006: 25,191,622), thereby marking a new record in its corporate history.
Capacity utilization over the January to December 2007 period improved to 77.2
percent, i.e. an increase of 1.62 percentage points over the previous year.

In December 2007, Air Berlin (including its subsidiaries LTU and Belair)
welcomed 1,903,951 passengers on board, i.e. a 16.6 percent increase (12/2006,
including LTU and Belair: 1,632,372 passengers). The fleet capacity utilization
rate improved to 71.7 percent, i.e. an increase of 3.2 percentage points over
the corresponding month of the previous year (12/2006: 68.5 percent). For
December 2007, flight revenue per available seat kilometer (ASK) amounted to
4.55 Eurocents, an increase of 2.2 percent over the same period of the previous
year (12/2006: 4.45 Eurocents).

In December 2007, the following German airports recorded exceptional growth:
Stuttgart (+62.5 percent), Berlin-Tegel (+55.7 percent) and Münster-Osnabrück
(+44 percent). Outside of Germany, Copenhagen took the lead with an increase of
59.6 percent, fol-lowed by Zurich (+45 percent) and Helsinki (+42.6 percent).

December 2007
Capacity 2,655,949
Number of passengers 1,903,951
Capacity utilization rate 71.69%

December 2007, accumulated
Capacity 36,079,801
Number of passengers 27,862,507
Capacity utilization rate 77.22%

Further inquiry note:
Alexandra Müller
Press Officer
phone: +49 (0)30 3434 1500
e-mail: alexandramueller@airberlin.com

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emitter: 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: regulated dealing/prime standard: Börse Frankfurt, free trade:
Börse Berlin, Börse Hamburg, Börse Stuttgart, Börse Düsseldorf,
Börse München
language: English

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