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air transport/traffic figures June 2009

In June 2009, Air Berlin, Germany's
second-largest airline company, increased its revenue per available 
seat kilometre to 6.07 Eurocents (06/2008: 5.32 Eurocents), i.e. an 
increase of 14 percent. The number of passengers transported 
decreased to 2,571,581, i.e. 4.9 percent less than in the 
corresponding month of the previous year (06/2008: 2,704,655), in 
part due to a targeted capacity reduction of 2.7 percent. Fleet 
capacity utilization decreased from 80.9 to 79.1 percent (-1.8 
percentage points).

From January to June 2009, the number of passengers transported 
decreased by 5.8 percent to 12,714,822 (2008: 13,495,036), to an 
extent due to accumulated capacity having been reduced by 3 percent. 
Over the same period, fleet capacity utilization decreased from 77.1 
to 74.9 percent (-2.2 percentage points).

June 2009

Capacity                          3,252,223
Number of passengers              2,571,581
Capacity utilization rate in %         79.1

June 2009, accumulated
Capacity                         16,990,494
Number of passengers             12,714,822
Capacity utilization rate in %         74.9

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Further inquiry note:

Claudia Löffler
Senior Manager Public Relations, Air Berlin
phone: + 49 30 3434 1500
fax: + 49 30 3434 1509
e-mail: cloeffler@airberlin.com

Branche: Air Transport
ISIN: GB00B128C026
WKN: AB1000
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