Air Berlin: Double-digit revenue growth for October

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Berlin (euro adhoc) - Over the period from January to October 2008, Air Berlin
transported a total of 24,810,294 passengers, i.e. 2.1 percent more than in the
corresponding period of the previous year (2007: 24,308,820 passengers). Fleet
capacity utilization for the first ten months of the year rose from 78.1 to 79.3
percent, i.e. an increase of 1.2 percentage points.

For the month of October 2008, Air Berlin increased its revenue per available
seat kilometre ("Yield per ASK") to 6.20 Eurocents (10/2007: 5.13 Eurocents),
i.e. an increase of 21 percent. Revenue per available seat kilometre improved,
even though the accumulated number of passengers transported declined by 4.4
percent to 2,703,179 (2007: 2,826,198 passengers), due to a targeted capacity
reduction of approximately 80,000 seats. Fleet capacity utilization for the
month of October declined by 1.6 percentage points and reached 80.1 percent.

October 2008
Capacity 3,376,450
Number of passengers 2,703,179
Capacity utilization rate in % 80.06

October 2008, accumulated
Capacity 31,272,790
Number of passengers 24,810,294
Capacity utilization rate in % 79.34

Further inquiry note:
Claudia Löffler
Senior Manager Public Relations, Air Berlin
phone: + 49 30 3434 1500
fax: + 49 30 3434 1509
e-mail: cloeffler@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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