EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG / airberlin: Capacity reduction improves capacity utilization rate

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Berlin (euro adhoc) - For the first eleven months of 2011, airberlin transported
2.1 percent more passengers than in the corresponding period of the previous
year. In total, 33,280,624 passengers travelled with Germany's second-largest
airline (2010: 32,603,590 passengers). Fleet capacity utilization for the first
eleven months of the year improved by 1.9 percentage points to 78.4 percent
(2010: 76.5 percent), whereas accumulated capacity decreased by 0.5 percent.

In November 2011, a total of 2,259,301 passengers travelled on airberlin's
flight route network, i.e. 9.9 percent fewer passengers than in the
corresponding month of the previous year (11/2010: 2,508,821 passengers). At the
same time, the company reduced capacity by 9.1 percent. In monthly comparison,
fleet capacity utilization decreased from 74.9 percent to 74.2 percent (- 0.7
percentage points).

November 2011
Capacity 3,044,306
Number of passengers 2,259,301
Capacity utilization rate in % 74.2

November 2011, accumulated
Capacity 42,433,472
Number of passengers 33,280,624
Capacity utilization rate in % 78.4

Further inquiry note:
Claudia Löffler
Senior Manager Public Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)30 3434 1500
Fax: +49 (0)30 3434 1509
E-Mail: [email protected]
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company: Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG
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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