Air Berlin PLC

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Company Information/Traffic Figures January 2010

Berlin (euro adhoc) - In January 2010, Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline company, increased its revenue per available seat kilometer (ASK) to 5.24 Eurocents, i.e. an increase of 5.6 percent over the corresponding month of the previous year (January 2009: 4.96 Eurocents). Fleet capacity utilization decreased slightly to 69.1 percent, i.e. by 0.3 percentage points (2009: 69.4 percent). Capacity in January 2010 was reduced by 0.7 percent in comparison with the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of passengers transported decreased from 1,903,330 to 1,880,669 passengers (including those traveling on the acquired TUIfly routes), i.e. a decrease of 1.2 percent.

January 2010

Capacity                             2.723.743
Number of passengers                 1.880.669
Capacity utilization rate in %            69,1 

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Further inquiry note:

Yasmin Born
Senior Manager Public Relations
phone:  +49 (0)30 3434 1500
fax:    +49 (0)30 3434 1509
e-mail: yborn@airberlin.com

Branche: Air Transport
ISIN:    GB00B128C026
WKN:     AB1000
Index:   SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
Börsen:  Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
         Berlin / free trade
         Hamburg / free trade
         Stuttgart / free trade
         Düsseldorf / free trade
         München / free trade