EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC
Air Berlin increases revenue in July
Fleet capacity utilization at the previous year's level
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air transport/traffic figures July 2009
Berlin (euro adhoc) - Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline company, was able to increase its revenue per available seat kilometer for July 2009. With 6.20 Eurocents, revenue per available seat kilometer was 5.9 percent higher than that of the corresponding month of the previous year (July 2008: 5.86 Eurocents). At 83.4 percent, fleet capacity utilization remained approximately at the previous year's level (+ 0.1 percentage points). Due to a targeted capacity reduction of 3.4 percent, the number of passengers transported in July 2009 declined by 3.3 percent to 2,811,025 (July 2008: 2,908,018).
For the period from January to July 2009, a total of 15,525,847 passengers traveled on Air Berlin's flight routes, i.e. a decline of 5.3 percent in comparison with the corresponding period of the previous year (January-July 2008: 16,403,054). This decline is in part due to the accumulated capacity decreasing by 3 percent during the first seven months of the year. For the same time period, fleet capacity utilization decreased from 78.1 to 76.3 percent (-1.8 percentage points).
July 2009
Capacity 3,372,543 Number of passengers 2,811,025 Capacity utilization rate in % 83.4 July 2009, accumulated Capacity 20,363,037 Number of passengers 15,525,847 Capacity utilization rate in % 76.3
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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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