airberlin Group passenger numbers down 8% in Oct-2012, load factor up

airberlin Group passenger numbers down 8.4% - traffic highlights for Oct-2012:

• Passenger numbers: 2.1 million, -8.4% year-on-year;
  • airberlin: 1.9 million, -8.4%;
  • Niki: 200,996, -8.4%;
• Passenger load factor: 76.9%, +2.7 ppts;
  • airberlin: 77.9%, +2.8 ppts;
  • Niki: 69.3%, +2.1 ppts;
• Seat capacity: 2.7 million, -11.6%;
  • airberlin: 2.4 million, -11.7%;
  • Niki: 290,001, -11.2%. [more - original PR]