| Air Berlin: Good capacity utilization for October |
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05/11/2009 11:32 (16 Day 03:03 minutes ago) | |||||
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The FINANCIAL -- In October 2009, Air Berlin, Germany's second-largest airline, transported a total of 2,732,364 passengers (including TUIfly's former city connections), i.e. 0.9 percent less than in the previous year (October 2008: including TUIfly's former city connections: 2,757,170).
Fleet capacity utilization improved once again, increasing by 0.2 percentage points to 80.2 percent. Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, capacity was reduced by 1.2 percent. 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 welcomed a total of 23,710,168 passengers on board, i.e. 4.6 percent 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 percent. For the same time period, fleet capacity utilization decreased from 79.3 to 78.2 percent, i.e. -1.1 percentage points.
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