Air Berlin: Continued double-digit revenue growth
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air transport/traffic figures January 2009
Berlin (euro adhoc) - Air Berlin, the second largest German airline company, got off to a good start in the new year. In January 2009, Air Berlin realized a double-digit increase in its revenue per available seat kilometer ("Yield per ASK"). Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, revenue per available seat kilometer increased from 4.06 to 4.99 Eurocents, i.e. an increase of 23 percent. Fleet capacity utilization improved by 0.3 percentage points to reach 69.4 percent (2008: 69.1 percent). Although capacity for the month of January was reduced by 4.9 percent, the number of passengers decreased by only 4.5 percent, reaching 1,701,780 passengers (2008: 1,781,556).
January 2009
Capacity 2,452,059 Number of passengers 1,701,780 Capacity utilization rate in % 69.4
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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
Index: SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
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