28.11.2006 – 08:14

Air Berlin PLC

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Strategic management decisions / Air Berlin continues on its path to growth: Large order for 85 Boeing 737

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28.11.2006

Berlin, November 28, 2006 - In order to be able to keep up with its
European competitors in the future, Air Berlin is ordering 60 Boeing
737-800 Next Generation jets. By awarding this large contract, Air
Berlin is securing a favorable delivery price for the long term. The
new planes are meant to replace expiring leasing contracts and to
secure future growth. As was the case in the past, Air Berlin aims to
renew its fleet every six to eight years in order to be able to
deploy the least noise-polluting, and the most fuel-efficient and
cost-efficient airplanes. Through this order, Air Berlin is renewing
its strategic partnership with Boeing.

Since the acquisition of dba also included the purchase agreement for
25 Boeing 737, Air Berlin is expecting a total of 85 planes to be
delivered between 2007 and 2014. The list price for the planes
ordered amounts to approximately USD 5.7 billion, making it the
largest order for B 737 planes in the history of German aviation. By
the end of the 3rd quarter, Air Berlin’s fleet consisted of 62
planes; dba deployed 29 planes.

For more information on Air Berlin’s nine month result, please check
out our website at www.airberlin.com under Investor Relations as of
10:00 a.m. (CEST).

end of announcement                               euro adhoc 28.11.2006 07:33:27

Further inquiry note:

Ingolf Hegner
Head of Investor Relations
+49 (0)30 3434 1532
ihegner@airberlin.com

Branche: Air Transport
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