EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC / airberlin: More passengers in September

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Berlin (euro adhoc) - In September 2010, airberlin, Germany's second-largest
airline company, welcomed 3,652,087 passengers on board, i.e. an increase of 8.7
percent (September 2009: 3,359,779 passengers, including those traveling on the
acquired NIKI and TUIfly routes). At 82.7 percent, fleet capacity utilization
was slightly higher than in the previous year (+0.1 percentage points).

For the period from January to September 2010, a total of 25,307,956 passengers
traveled on airberlin's flight route network (including the acquired NIKI and
TUIfly routes), i.e. 2.9 percent more than in the corresponding period of the
previous year (2009: 24,605,861 passengers). Fleet capacity utilization for the
first nine months of the year decreased by 1.5 percentage points, i.e. from 78.1
to 76.6 percent. Accumulated capacity for the January to September 2010 period
increased by 4.9 percent.

September 2010
Capacity 4,414,693
Number of passengers 3,652,087
Capacity utilization rate in % 82.7

September 2010, accumulated
Capacity 33,042,469
Number of passengers 25,307,956
Capacity utilization rate in % 76.6

Further inquiry note:
Yasmin Born
Deputy Director Corporate Communications
Tel.: +49 (0)30 3434 1500
Fax: +49 (0)30 3434 1509
E-Mail: [email protected]
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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)30/3434-1049
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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