Air Berlin reports traffic for first eleven months

Air Berlin Profile

Fleet capacity utilisation for the first eleven months of 2008 was slightly higher than in the previous year, increasing from 77.6 to 78.8% (+1.2 percentage points).

With the start of the 2008/09 winter flight schedule in November, the efficiency program introduced in the spring has come into full effect.

Among other measures, capacity in November was reduced by a total of 6.3%. As a result, the number of passengers decreased by 5.5% to reach 1,942,308 (2007: 2,055,010). Capacity utilization increased from 72.0 to 72.6%, i.e. an increase of 0.6 percentage points. Air Berlin's revenue per available seat kilometre ("Yield per ASK") showed double-digit growth, rising from EUR4.30 cents to EUR5.18 cents, a 20.2 % increase over the corresponding month of the previous year.


(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 09-Dec-08

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