EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC
Air Berlin: Double-digit revenue increase in June
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air transport/traffic figures June 2009
Berlin (euro adhoc) - In June 2009, Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline company, increased its revenue per available seat kilometre to 6.07 Eurocents (06/2008: 5.32 Eurocents), i.e. an increase of 14 percent. The number of passengers transported decreased to 2,571,581, i.e. 4.9 percent less than in the corresponding month of the previous year (06/2008: 2,704,655), in part due to a targeted capacity reduction of 2.7 percent. Fleet capacity utilization decreased from 80.9 to 79.1 percent (-1.8 percentage points).
From January to June 2009, the number of passengers transported decreased by 5.8 percent to 12,714,822 (2008: 13,495,036), to an extent due to accumulated capacity having been reduced by 3 percent. Over the same period, fleet capacity utilization decreased from 77.1 to 74.9 percent (-2.2 percentage points).
June 2009
Capacity 3,252,223 Number of passengers 2,571,581 Capacity utilization rate in % 79.1 June 2009, accumulated Capacity 16,990,494 Number of passengers 12,714,822 Capacity utilization rate in % 74.9
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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
Börsen: Frankfurt / regulated dealing/prime standard
Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
München / free trade
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