airberlin CEO: Apr-2015 traffic 'fell significantly short of expectations'

airberlin CEO Stefan Pichler stated (07-May-2015) the company remains bullish on its prospects despite a 7.6% year-on-year reduction in passenger traffic for Apr-2015. Mr Pichler said: "April 2015 fell significantly short of expectations, due to seasonal fluctuations. In the corresponding month of the previous year, airberlin had received an additional income push due to the strike of the pilots at Lufthansa and from the Easter vacation. Nonetheless, we are looking at a strong improvement of the result for the 1st quarter of 2015 and must now fully concentrate our efforts on the current reorientation." [more - original PR - English/German]