EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC / airberlin: More passengers and increased capacity utilization in February

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Berlin (euro adhoc) - In February 2011, airberlin transported a total of
2,132,057 passengers, i.e. an increase of 1.0 percent. Due to the comprehensive
cancellations of flights to Egypt and Tunisia, the number of passengers
transported developed less favorably than in January 2011. The political unrest
in Egypt and Tunisia caused several hundreds of February flights to be
cancelled, reducing the number of passengers transported by a six-digit figure.

In February 2010, airberlin had welcomed 2,111,716 passengers on board. Fleet
capacity utilization for February 2011 increased by 1.4 percentage points to
71.4 percent (February 2010: 70.0 percent). In comparison with the corresponding
month of the previous year, fleet capacity was reduced by 1.0 percent.

For the period from January to February 2011, a total of 4,277,245 passengers
traveled on airberlin's flight route network, i.e. 3.3 percent more than in the
corresponding period of the previous year. Accumulated capacity utilization for
the first two months of the year increased from 69.4 to 71.9 percent, i.e. an
increase of 2.5 percentage points. Fleet capacity for the first two months of
2011 decreased by 0.3 percent.

February 2011
Capacity 2,985,457
Number of passengers 2,132,057
Capacity utilization rate in % 71.4

February 2011, accumulated
Capacity 5,950,311
Number of passengers 4,277,245
Capacity utilization rate in % 71.9

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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