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Company Information/Traffic Figures October 2011


Berlin (euro adhoc) - airberlin, Germany's second-largest airline company,
transported a total of 31,021,323 passengers in the first ten months of 2011,
i.e. 3.1 percent more than in the corresponding period of the previous year
(2010: 30,094,769 passengers). Fleet capacity utilization for the first ten
months of the year improved by 2.1 percentage points to 78.7 percent (2010: 76.6
percent). Accumulated capacity increased slightly, i.e. by 0.3 percent.

In October 2011, the number of passengers welcomed on board decreased by 4.1
percent to 3,345,832 (October 2010: 3,490,259 passengers), due to a targeted
capacity reduction of 3.4 percent. Fleet capacity utilization for October
declined by 0.6 percentage points to 79.7 percent, thereby almost reaching the
level of the previous year (10/2010: 80.3 percent).


October 2011

Capacity                        4,197,302
Number of passengers            3,345,832                           
Capacity utilization rate in %       79.7                                 

October 2011, accumulated 
Capacity                       39,389,166
Number of passengers           31,021,323                        
Capacity utilization rate in %       78.7



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

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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