Air Berlin improves revenue in August
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air transport/traffic figures August 2008
Over the period from January to August 2008, Air Berlin welcomed 19,252,837 passengers on board, i.e. 3.9 percent more than in the corresponding period of the previous year (2007: 18,535,693 passengers). Fleet capacity utilization for the first eight months of the year rose from 76.7 to 78.8 percent, i.e. an increase of 2.1 percentage points.
For the month of August 2008, Air Berlin was able to increase revenue
per available seat kilometre ("Yield per ASK") by 14.4 percent to
5.55 Eurocents (08/2007: 4.85 Eurocents). Due to the targeted
capacity reduction by 60,000 seats, the number of passengers
decreased by 2.4 percent to 2,849,783 (08/2007: 2,920,662). Fleet
capacity utilization decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 82.9
percent (08/2007: 83.5 percent), primarily due to our growing
business travel segment experiencing holiday-related softness for the
month of August.August 2008
Capacity 3,439,422 Number of passengers 2,849,783 Capacity utilization rate in % 82.86
August 2008, accumulated Capacity 24,438,487 Number of passengers 19,252,837 Capacity utilization rate in % 78.78
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Further inquiry note:
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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