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Company Information/Traffic Figures September 2009

In September 2009, Air Berlin, Germany´s
second-largest airline company, was able to increase its revenue per 
available seat kilometer to 6.22 Eurocents, i.e. an increase of 4.4 
percent (09/2008: 5.96 Eurocents). With 2,708,172 passengers, the 
number of passengers transported in September 2009 decreased by 5.1 
percent as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year 
(09/2008: 2.854.278 passengers). This decline is due to Air Berlin´s 
targeted capacity reduction of 4.8 percent. Fleet capacity 
utilization decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 82.3 percent 
(09/2008: 82.5 percent).

From January to September 2009, Air Berlin welcomed a total of 
20,977,804 passengers on board, i.e. 5.1 percent less than in the 
corresponding period of the previous year (2008: 22,107,115 
passengers).This decline is offset by an accumulated capacity 
reduction of 3.5 percent. For the first nine months of the year, 
fleet capacity utilization decreased from 79.2 to 77.9 percent (-1.3 
percentage points).

September 2009

Capacity                            3,290,302
Number of passengers                2,708,172
Capacity utilization rate in %           82.3

September 2009, accumulated
Capacity                           26,919,986
Number of passengers               20,977,804
Capacity utilization rate in %           77.9

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
Index: SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
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