EANS-News: airberlin further increases capacity utilization

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Company Information/traffic figures February 2013

Berlin, (euro adhoc) - In February 2013, airberlin again increased
capacity utilization. For the second month of the year, capacity
utilization increased to 85.29 percent, i.e. an increase of 1.8
percentage points over the previous year, despite several days of
strike at the airports in Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Cologne-Bonn. In
February, Germany's second-largest airline company, welcomed
1,801,396 passengers on board, further optimized its flight schedule,
and reduced capacity in a targeted manner to 3,412.8 million
available seat kilometers.

For the months of January and February of the year 2013, airberlin
increased capacity utilization by 1.4 percentage points in yearly
comparison, and welcomed a total of 3,558,505 passengers on board.
The available seat kilometers amounted to 6,862.2 million and the
revenue passenger kilometers to 5,778.5 million.

For 2013, airberlin has changed the way it calculates its seat
capacity utilization. The capacity utilization calculation is now
determined according to the sector standard, and the revenue
passenger kilometers (RPK) are compared to the available seat
kilometers (ASK). For the purpose of a yearly comparison, the seat
capacity utilization for 2012 was likewise calculated anew.

February 2013
Capacity utilization rate in % 85.29% (+1.8 pp)

ASK m. 3,412.8 (-12.2%)
RPK m. 2,910.6 (-8.8%)
Guests 1,801,396 (-11.9 %)

February 2013 accumulated
Capacity utilization rate in % 84.21% (+1.4 pp)

ASK m. 6,862.2 (-11.1%)
RPK m. 5,778.5 (-9.6%)
Guests 3,558,505 (-9.8%)

Further inquiry note:
Mathias Radowski
Pressereferent
Tel.: +49 (0)30/3434-1500
E-Mail: Mathias.Radowski@airberlin.com

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company: Air Berlin PLC
The Hour House, High Street 32
UK-WD3 1ER Rickmansworth, Herts
phone: +49 (0)30 3434 1500
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