EANS-News: Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG
airberlin: Record number of
passengers in 2011
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Information/Traffic Figures December 2011 Berlin (euro adhoc) - Despite an economically challenging environment, airberlin, Germany's second-largest airline company, transported more passengers in 2011 than ever before. The number of passengers increased by 1.2 percent to reach 35.3 million. In 2010, a total of 34,889,564 passengers traveled on airberlin's flight route network. Fleet capacity utilization increased from 76.4 percent in 2010 to 78.2 percent in 2011 (+1.8 percentage points), whereas year-over-year capacity decreased by 1.1 percent. In December 2011, airberlin welcomed a total of 2,019,585 passengers on board, i.e. 11.7 percent less than in the corresponding month of the previous year (12/2010: 2,285,974 passengers). At the same time, the company reduced capacity by 10.1 percent, in the context of the efficiency-increasing program "Shape & Size". In monthly comparison, fleet capacity utilization for December decreased from 76.0 percent to 74.7 percent (-1.3 percentage points). December 2011 Capacity 2,703,527 Number of passengers 2,019,585 Capacity utilization rate in % 74.7 December 2011, accumulated Capacity 45,136,999 Number of passengers 35,300,209 Capacity utilization rate in % 78.2 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)30/3434-1509 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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