EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC / airberlin: More passengers and higher capacity utilization in October

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Berlin (euro adhoc) - In October 2010, airberlin welcomed 3,490,259 passengers
on board, i.e. an increase of 7.6 percent (October 2009: 3,242,818 passengers,
including those traveling on the acquired NIKI and TUIfly routes). At 80.3
percent, fleet capacity utilization surpassed the level of the previous year
(plus 0.2 percentage points).

For the period from January to October 2010, a total of 28,798,215 passengers
traveled on airberlin's flight route network (including the acquired NIKI and
TUIfly routes), i.e. 3.4 percent more than in the corresponding period of the
previous year (2009: 27,848,679 passengers). For the first ten months of the
year, fleet capacity utilization decreased by 1.3 percentage points, i.e. from
78.3 to 77.0 percent, and accumulated capacity increased by 5.2 percent.

October 2010
Capacity 4,347,142
Number of passengers 3,490,259
Capacity utilization rate in % 80.3

October 2010, accumulated
Capacity 37,389,611
Number of passengers 28,798,215
Capacity utilization rate in % 77.0

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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