Economy/AP
Germany's Air Berlin says passenger levels fall 5.1 percent in September
Associated Press
10/06/09 4:00 AM EDT
FRANKFURT — Air Berlin Plc said Tuesday that passenger levels were down 5.1 percent in September compared with a year earlier as the global economic downturn continued to affect demand for travel.
The Berlin-based company, Germany's second largest airline after Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said it transported 2.7 million passengers for the month compared with 2.9 million in September of 2008.
Air Berlin said fleet capacity utilization, a measure of how full airplanes are, fell slightly to 82.3 percent from 82.5 percent a year ago.
Shares of Air Berlin were up about a half a percent at euro3.74 ($5.50) in Frankfurt morning trading.
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