Aviation News Item: 00073

6th Nov 2009

Source: evaint.com

In October, Air Berlin carried a total of 2,732,364 passengers (including TUIfly's former city connections), ie 0.9 per cent less than in the previous year (October 2008: including TUIfly's former city connections: 2,757,170).
Fleet capacity utilisation improved once again, increasing by 0.2 percentage points to 80.2 per cent. Compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, capacity was reduced by 1.2 per cent. At 6.13 Eurocents, Air Berlin's revenue per available seat kilometer (ASK) was slightly lower than that of the previous year (October 2008: 6.19 Eurocents).

From January to October 2009, Air Berlin carried a total of 23,710,168 passengers on board, ie 4.6 per cent less than in the corresponding period of the previous year (2008, including TUIfly's former city connections: 24,864,285).

Accumulated capacity decreased by 3.2 per cent. For the same time period, fleet capacity utilisation decreased from 79.3 to 78.2 per cent, ie -1.1 percentage points.

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