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Air Berlin PLC generates total group revenue of EUR 970.6 million in the second quarter of 2016 - net result amounts to EUR -89.1 million

Air Berlin PLC / Key word(s): Half Year Results

09.08.2016 17:34

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Air Berlin PLC generates total group revenue of EUR 970.6 million in the
second quarter of 2016 - net result amounts to EUR -89.1 million


Ad hoc Notification Pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation No. 596/2014 (MAR)

London, 9 August 2016 - Air Berlin PLC has generated a group revenue of EUR
970.6 million in the second quarter of 2016 as compared to EUR 1,071.0
million in the second quarter of 2015. The operating result (EBIT) amounted
to EUR -62.7 million in the second quarter of the current year as compared
to EUR -15.9 million in the prior year's quarter. Compared to the same
quarter of the previous year, EBITDAR decreased from EUR 150.0 million to
EUR 117.2 million. The financial result amounted to EUR -29.2 million in
the second quarter of 2016 as compared to EUR -20.7 million in the same
quarter of previous year.

Pre-tax earnings in the second quarter of 2016 amounted to EUR -91.8
million compared to EUR -36.6 million in the same quarter of the previous
year. The net result in the second quarter of 2016 amounted to EUR -89.1
million compared to EUR -37.5 million in the corresponding quarter in 2015.
Earnings per share based on an average number of 116,800,508 ordinary
shares outstanding in the second quarter of 2016 thus amounted to EUR -0.82
compared with EUR -0.37 in the second quarter of 2015 (undiluted and
diluted).

As of 30 June 2016, total assets amounted to EUR 1,703.0 million (31
December 2015: EUR 1,418.4 million), total equity amounted to EUR -987.0
million (31 December 2015: EUR -799.4 million) and net debt amounted to EUR
926.9 million (31 December 2015: EUR 877.9 million).

Air Berlin will publish detailed information on the second quarter results
2016 as well as the corresponding interim financial report online at
ir.airberlin.com on 10 August 2016 from approximately 7:30h (CEST).

Investor Relations contact:
Maria Laubach
Email: [e-mail]

Air Berlin PLC c/o Browne Jacobson LLP, 6 Bevis Marks, Bury Court, London,
EC3A 7BA, United Kingdom; ISIN GB00B128C026, WKN AB1000 (Share), Frankfurt
Stock Exchange (Regulated Market, Prime Standard); ISIN DE000A0NQ9H6
(Convertible Bonds 2007), Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange;
ISIN DE000AB100B4 (Bond April 2011 and January 2014), Bondm segment of the
open market of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange and Euro MTF market of the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange; ISIN DE000A1HGM38 (Convertible Bonds 2013), Open
Market Frankfurt Stock Exchange; ISIN XS1051719786 (EUR Bond May 2014),
Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange; ISIN XS1051723895 (CHF
Bond May 2014), SIX Swiss Exchange and Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg
Stock Exchange.


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Language: English
Company: Air Berlin PLC
6 Bevis Marks, Bury Court
EC3A 7BA London
United Kingdom
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: ir.airberlin.com
ISIN: GB00B128C026, DE000AONQ9H6, DE000AB100B4, DE000A1HGM38,
XS1051719786, XS1051723895
WKN: AB1000
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart; Luxemburg, SIX

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