Air Berlin: More than 2 million passengers in November

Passenger increase according to plan, but problems with system
integration

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air transport/traffic figures November 2007

London/Berlin (euro adhoc) - This month, for the seventh time in a
row, Air Berlin transported more than two million passengers. In
November 2007, Air Berlin (including its subsidiaries LTU and Belair)
welcomed 2,048,196 passengers on board, i.e. a 19.2 percent increase
over the corresponding month of the previous year (11/2006: 1,718,787
passengers, including LTU und Belair). Fleet capacity utilization
improved to 72.1 percent, i.e. an increase of 3.5 percentage points
over the corresponding month of the previous year (11/2006: 68.6
percent). Flight revenue per available seat kilometer (ASK) increased
from 4.35 to 4.41 Eurocents, i.e. an increase of 1.36 percent.

For the first eleven months of 2007, the accumulated number of
passengers traveling on Air Berlin totaled 25,958,556 passengers
(01-11/2006: 23,559,250), i.e. an increase of 10.2 percent. Capacity
utilization over the January to November 2007 period improved by 1.5
percentage points to 77.7 percent (2006: 76.2 percent).

Although the number of passengers increased according to plan, fleet
capacity utilization for November was lower than expected. As Air
Berlin´s CFO, Ulf Hüttmeyer, stated: "We experienced considerable
technical problems merging the capacity control systems of Air Berlin
and LTU. As a result, the originally planned capacity cuts for the
months of November and December could not be implemented to their
full extent. Therefore, both the seat load factor and yield
development were not sufficiently positive. The non-recurrent charges
for these two months amount to a two-digit figure in the lower
million euro range. However, I would like to make it clear that this
is indeed a one-time charge, since the system integration has been
completed in the meantime. We are right on track with capacity
adjustment for 2008. It is anticipated that these non-recurrent
charges can be offset with non-recurrent income in order to reach our
2007 annual target."

November 2007
Capacity: 2,840,637
Number of Passengers: 2,048,196
Capacity utilization rate: 72.10%

November 2007, accumulated
Capacity: 33,423,852
Number of Passengers: 25,958,556
Capacity utilization rate: 77.66%

end of announcement euro adhoc 06.12.2007 08:57:45
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Further inquiry note:

Claudia Löffler
Press Officer Air Berlin
phone: +49 (0)30 3434 1500
e-mail: cloeffler@airberlin.com

Branche: Air Transport
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