Air Berlin Group pax numbers and seat capacity down in Oct-2012, load factor up

Air Berlin Group passenger numbers down 5% - traffic highlights for Oct-2012:

• Passenger numbers: 3.2 million, -5% year-on-year;
  • airberlin: 2.9 million, -6.5%;
  • Niki: 316,422, +10.3%;
• Passenger load factor: 81%, +1.3 ppts;
  • airberlin: 81.7%, +1.4 ppts;
  • Niki: 75.1%, +1.6 ppts;
• Seat capacity: 3.9 million, -6.6%;
  • airberlin: 3.5 million, -8%;
  • Niki: 421,261, +8%. [more - original PR]