EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG
airberlin: Capacity reduction
improves capacity utilization rate
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Information/Traffic Figures November 2011 Berlin (euro adhoc) - For the first eleven months of 2011, airberlin transported 2.1 percent more passengers than in the corresponding period of the previous year. In total, 33,280,624 passengers travelled with Germany's second-largest airline (2010: 32,603,590 passengers). Fleet capacity utilization for the first eleven months of the year improved by 1.9 percentage points to 78.4 percent (2010: 76.5 percent), whereas accumulated capacity decreased by 0.5 percent. In November 2011, a total of 2,259,301 passengers travelled on airberlin's flight route network, i.e. 9.9 percent fewer passengers than in the corresponding month of the previous year (11/2010: 2,508,821 passengers). At the same time, the company reduced capacity by 9.1 percent. In monthly comparison, fleet capacity utilization decreased from 74.9 percent to 74.2 percent (- 0.7 percentage points). November 2011 Capacity 3,044,306 Number of passengers 2,259,301 Capacity utilization rate in % 74.2 November 2011, accumulated Capacity 42,433,472 Number of passengers 33,280,624 Capacity utilization rate in % 78.4 Further inquiry note: Claudia Löffler Senior Manager Public Relations Tel.: +49 (0)30 3434 1500 Fax: +49 (0)30 3434 1509 E-Mail: cloeffler@airberlin.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG The Hour House, High Street 32 UK-WD3 1ER Rickmansworth, Herts phone: +49 (0)30 3434 1500 FAX: +49 (0)30/3434-1049 mail: abpresse@airberlin.com WWW: http://www.airberlin.com sector: Air Transport ISIN: GB00B128C026 indexes: SDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München language: English
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