“Capital follows confidence” as defence courts private money
Outside investment and the direction in which venture money flows may reveal what defence will buy years before formal programmes begin.
Air Berlin carried 27.9 million passengers in 2009
In 2009, Air Berlin transported a total of 27,911,193 passengers (including those travelling on the TUIfly routes acquired on 25 October 2009), a decrease of 3.9% in comparison with the previous year.
One of the reasons for the decline from 2008’s figure of 29,050,967 is that the accumulated capacity was reduced by 2.6%. Fleet capacity utilisation in 2009 reached 77.3%, a decline of only one percentage point. Revenue per available seat kilometre (ASK) increased to 5.75 eurocents, a 7% increase over 2008’s RASK of 5.38 eurocents.
In December 2009, Air Berlin carried 2,050,380 passengers, 0.8% up on the 2,034,809 passengers in December 2008. Fleet capacity utilisation increased by 0.5 percentage points to 73.1%, while capacity remained at the previous year’s level. Revenue per available seat kilometre (ASK) for December 2009 amounted to 4.98 eurocents, a 6.5% decrease compared with the previous December’s RASK of 5.33 eurocents.
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