euro adhoc: Austrian Airlines AG / quarterly or semiannual financial statement / Consistent optimisation and consolidation as the basis for profitable growth

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24.10.2006

Financial Result of the Austrian Airlines Group, January to September
2006

Preamble: The present interim financial statement has been prepared
according to the same accounting methods as the annual financial
statement as at 31 December 2005, in which adjustments were made
to the balance sheet reporting of aircraft overhauls (maintenance
reserves) based on IAS 16 and to the calculation of the
depreciation of aircraft components. Correspondingly, the
reporting of previous years has also been retrospectively
adjusted in accordance with IAS 8. Due to its sale, Airest was
deconsolidated in the report period. The Travel Value Wien (TVW)
subsidiary is to be disposed of by 1 January 2007. The assets
and liabilities to be assigned are reported in the balance
sheet.

An Overview of the Third Quarter Financial Result
|Key figures | |07-09/2006 |+/- % |01-09/2006 |+/- % |
|Revenue |EURm |748.9 |3.2 |1,971.7 |9.3 |
|EBITDAR adjusted1 |EURm |126.6 |-29.2 |253.5 |-14.7 |
|EBITDAR |EURm |128.9 |-2.4 |267.6 |20.4 |
|EBIT adjusted2 |EURm |38.7 |25.2 |-9.1 |72.6 |
|EBIT |EURm |41.0 |- |0.0 |- |
|Profit/loss before
taxes adjusted2 |EURm |31.6 |46.3 |-49.1 |20.7 |

|Profit/loss before

taxes |EURm |35.2 |- |-34.0 |66.1 |
|Net cash flow from
operating activities |EURm |69.2 |-7.4 |264.3 |4.7 |
|Passengers carried
(total) |Passengers|3,419,613 |3.6 |8,412,709 |7.8 |
|Passenger load factor
(scheduled services) |% |78.1 |-2.0P. |74.2 |0.4P.
Legend:
1. Adjusted for profits/losses from disposals of assets and foreign currency
valuations at the reporting date.
2. Adjusted for profits/losses from disposals of assets, foreign currency
valuations at the reporting date and revaluations of aircraft.

end of announcement euro adhoc 24.10.2006 07:36:11
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