DGAP-Ad-hoc: Air Berlin PLC / Key word(s): Change of Personnel Air Berlin PLC: Air Berlin PLC appoints Thomas Winkelmann as successor of Stefan Pichler as new Chief Executive Officer 18-Dec-2016 / 16:07 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Berlin PLC appoints Thomas Winkelmann as successor of Stefan Pichler as new Chief Executive Officer Disclosure of inside information according to Article 17 of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (Market Abuse Regulation, MAR) London, 18 December 2016 - In its meeting of today, the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC has appointed Mr. Thomas Winkelmann as new Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC with effect from 1 February 2017. Until now Thomas Winkelmann has been Chief Executive Officer of the Munich hub of Deutsche Lufthansa AG since November 2015. The current Chief Executive Officer Stefan Pichler will, on his own request, resign from his office with effect from 1 February 2017 and return to his home country of Australia. Under the leadership of Stefan Pichler since February 2015, Air Berlin PLC had initiated the restructuring of the Air Berlin group and resolved to wet lease 38 aircraft to companies of the Deutsche Lufthansa group and to sell the short- and medium-haul touristic business to a new airline group to be newly established by TUI AG and Etihad Airways group. The Air Berlin group shall in future operate approximately 75 aircraft with a focus on long-haul traffic from hubs in Düsseldorf and Berlin. Thomas Winkelmann will continue the implementation of the measures resolved. Person making the notification: Maria Laubach, Vice President Financial Reporting Email: [email protected] 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18-Dec-2016 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Air Berlin PLC 6 Bevis Marks, Bury Court EC3A 7BA London United Kingdom Phone: +49 (0)30 3434 159 0 Fax: +49 (0)30 3434 159 9 E-mail: [email protected] 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 End of Announcement DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 531001 18-Dec-2016 CET/CEST