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air transport/traffic figures May 2009

In May 2009, Air Berlin, Germany's
second-largest airline company, increased its revenue per available 
seat kilometer to 5.80 Eurocents (05/2008: 5.31 Eurocents), i.e. an 
increase of 9.3 percent. The number of passengers transported was 7.7
percent lower than in the corresponding month of the previous year, 
decreasing to 2,507,227 passengers (May 2008: 2,716,646), in part due
to a targeted capacity reduction of 3.1 percent. Fleet capacity 
utilization declined by 3.8 percentage points to 77 percent.

For the first five months of 2009, Air Berlin welcomed a total of 
10,142,995 passengers on board, i.e. six percent less than in the 
corresponding period of the previous year (2008: 10,790,381). The 
company's accumulated capacity decreased by three percent in 
comparison with the previous year. Fleet capacity utilization 
decreased from 76.2 to 73.8 percent (-2.4 percentage points).

May 2009

Capacity                          3,257,502
Number of passengers              2,507,227
Capacity utilization rate in %         77.0

May 2009, accumulated
Capacity                         13,738,271
Number of passengers             10,142,995
Capacity utilization rate in %         73.8

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Further inquiry note:

Press Contact:
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
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