Air Berlin increases revenue and improves capacity utilization

Air Berlin Profile

Fleet capacity utilization improved from 82.9 to 84 percent, i.e. an increase of 1.1 percentage points. Due to the com-pany's targeted 5-percent capacity reduction, the number of passengers transported decreased from 2,849,783 in August 2008 to 2,743,785 in August 2009 (-3.7 percent).

In the first eight months of 2009, Air Berlin welcomed a total of 18,269,632 passengers on board, i.e. 5.1 percent less than in the corresponding period of the previous year (2008: 19,252,837). Accumulated capacity decreased by 3.3 percent in comparison with the corresponding period of the previous year. Fleet capacity utilization decreased by 1.5 percentage points, namely from 78.8 to 77.3 percent.

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

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