EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG / airberlin improves capacity utilization in January

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Berlin (euro adhoc) - In the context of its efficiency-increasing program
"Shape & Size" and for the first time since the publication of its traffic
figures, airberlin, Germany's second-largest airline, has succeeded in
increasing the capacity utilization rate for January to approximately 75
percent, i.e. 2.6 percentage points more than in the corresponding month of the
previous year (01/2011: 72.35 percent). In monthly comparison, the company had
reduced capacity by 14.4 percent in a targeted manner, whereas the number of
passengers transported only decreased by 11.3 percent, namely from 2,145,188
passengers in January 2011 to 1,901,779 passengers in January 2012.

January 2012
Capacity 2,536,965
Number of passengers 1,901,779
Capacity utilization rate in % 74.96

Further inquiry note:
Claudia Löffler
Senior Manager Public Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)30 3434 1500
Fax: +49 (0)30 3434 1509
E-Mail: claudia.loeffler@airberlin.com
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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)30/3434-1509
mail: abpresse@airberlin.com
WWW: http://www.airberlin.com
sector: Air Transport
ISIN: GB00B128C026
indexes: SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English

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