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Austrian Airlines Streamlines Organization
The former Swiss executive board member Gaudenz Ambühl will head new flight operations.
May 22, 2012
AUA Dispute Brought Before Supreme Court
The Austrian trade union vida intends to prevent the transfer of undertakings. Thus, the dispute will not be settled soon.
May 19, 2012
Works Council Increases Pressure on Management
The transfer of undertakings may induce costs of € 280m. According to rumors, AUA´s management may be partially changed.
May 15, 2012
Sudden Illness of Pilots: AUA Cancels 24 Flights
During the weekend, Austrian Airlines had to cancel 24 flights. A surprising mass illness among AUA´s pilots occurred.
May 14, 2012
AUA: Leaving Pilots May Cost up to € 80m
The transfer of undertakings at Austrian Airlines is irrevocable, the management points out. In case of a lack in pilots, Lufthansa and Swiss would close the gap.
May 11, 2012
AUA: Passenger Growth of 9.9 percent
Austrian Airlines carried 985,000 passengers in April, which is an increase by 9.9 percent . the passenger load factor improved by 5.9 percentage points
May 10, 2012
Lufthansa Considers Selling AUA
There seems to be no end to the turbulences at Austrian Airlines. The owner, the German Lufthansa, considers selling AUA in case of a failed restructuring.
May 9, 2012
Dispute at AUA Goes On
After the management of Austrian Airlines refused to start new negotiations, the works council wants a vote on the transfer of undertakings.
May 9, 2012
AUA: Last Chance for Workforce
Austrian Airline´s works council tries to prevent the already resolved transfer of undertakings to Tyrolean. AUA´s management does not want to re-negotiate again.
May 7, 2012
AUA to Offer More Flights to USA
After having implemented the austerity package, Austrian Airlines wants to expand. Above all, more flights to the U.S. will be offered.
May 5, 2012
Albrecht Wants Common Collective Agreement
After the transfer of undertakings, the CEO of Austrian Airlines aims to create a collective agreement for the whole workforce. Further cuts are not excluded.
May 4, 2012
New Record Loss at AUA
Bad news for Austrian Airlines: the result from operating activities reaches € -66.7m. AUA refers to higher kerosene prices and the air travel tax. Nevertheless, the turnaround should be reached in 2013.
May 3, 2012
AUA: Transfer of Undertakings Definite
The re-started negotiations between AUA´s management and the aircrew have finally failed. A mass exodus of pilots is feared.
May 1, 2012
New Record In Airline Industry
The Austrian air passenger transport reached an all-time high in 2011.
April 30, 2012
AUA´s Workforce May Decide Against New Collective Agreement
After months of heated debates, the works council and the management agreed on a new collective agreement. The aircrew must approve the agreement.
April 28, 2012
AUA: Agreement Could be Reached
The long-lasting dispute at Austrian Airlines is settled. The management board and the works council agreed on a new collective agreement.
April 25, 2012
Negotiations at Austrian Airlines
After the works meeting yesterday, AUA´s management and the works council are negotiating again. The transfer of undertakings could be still prevented.
April 24, 2012
AUA: Aircrew Wants to Negotiate
The planned transfer of undertakings will be costly. AUA´s workforce wants to negotiate with the management, strikes are not considered yet.
April 23, 2012
AUA Threatened by Strikes
After Austrian Airlines´ supervisory board resolved the transfer of undertakings, the Lufthansa subsidiary may face strikes.
April 21, 2012
AUA Resolves Transfer of Undertakings
The supervisory board of Austrian Airlines decided to switch to cheaper collective agreements. The transfer of undertakings is “crucial for AUA´s survival”.
April 20, 2012
„AUA is no Protected Area Anymore“
Lufthansa´s CEO Christoph Franz underlined not to accept permanent losses of the Austrian subsidiary AUA. “There is no protected area at Lufthansa anymore.”
April 18, 2012
AUA Expected to Record High Losses Again
This year, Lufthansa-owned Austrian Airlines is anticipated not to reach the profit zone. In the first quarter, fees and fuel caused higher costs of € 28m.
April 12, 2012
Austrian Airlines Record All-Time-High in Passengers
In March, 893,600 passengers were carried by AUA, which is an increase by 12 percent. In the first quarter, the passenger number rose by 10.1% to 2.3 million. However, fuel costs also reached a new record level.
April 12, 2012
„AUA Must Achieve Turnaround on its own“
Christoph Franz, CEO of Lufthansa explains that the Austrian subsidiary will act independently also in future. Also the restructuring must be completed without Lufthansa´s help.
April 7, 2012
AUA Considers Leasing Pilots
The works council tries to put pressure on Austrian Airline´s management, which may lease pilots of other airlines. The works council warns of a “mass exit”.
March 31, 2012
AUA: Workforce Wants Unified Collective Agreements
The trade unions, the workforce of AUA and of Tyrolean aim to reach a unified collective agreement for AUA Group. Already tomorrow negotiations may start.
March 27, 2012
AUA: Trade Union Terminates Collective Agreement
New controversies arose at Austrian Airlines today. In order to put pressure on AUA´s management, the trade union terminated the collective agreement at the subsidiary Tyrolean.
March 23, 2012
AUA: „Restructuring, Not Breaking Up“
Jaan Albrecht, CEO of Austrian Airlines wants to make the airline competitive again. A new foundation is “no issue”.
March 19, 2012
Lufthansa Claims Exemption of Air Ticket Tax
In order to restructure the Austrian loss making subsidiary AUA, the German airline pushes the Austrian government to abandon the air ticket tax.
March 17, 2012
Lufthansa Grants Capital Injection to AUA
The German Airline raises the capital of the loss-making subsidiary by € 140m with reservations.
March 15, 2012
Losses of € 59.4m at AUA
The original target result of Austrian Airlines was not achieved “due to crises in Japan and Middle East”. The load factor was reduced to 73.8 percent
March 15, 2012
AUA Prepares Transfer of Undertakings
Austrian Airlines increases pressure on its aircrew. The deadline to negotiate the new collective agreements was extended again by one month.
March 14, 2012
AUA: Negotiations Failed
Negotiations between Austrian Airline´s management and the aircrew representation ended without any concrete results. Yesterday, the workforce seemed to be willing to reach a compromise.
March 13, 2012
AUA: Compromise May Be Reached
After weeks of negotiations, the works council at Austrian Airlines seems to make concessions to the management. Tomorrow, the deadline expires.
March 12, 2012
AUA Posts Rise in Passengers
Austrian Airlines Traffic Result February: Passenger growth by 10.5 percent to 715,300 passengers. In January to February, a slight decrease was recorded.
March 10, 2012
Emirates Tries to Lure AUA´s Pilots Away
As uncertainty among Austrian Airline´s workforce is rising, the marketing officer at Emirates, Thierry Antinory, wants to attract AUA´s aircrew.
March 9, 2012
AUA: Confrontation of Management and Workforce Sharpens
The management of Austrian airlines must find an agreement with its pilots until March 13. A solution is not in sight.
March 8, 2012
AUA: Negotiations Go On
Austrian Airlines does not face strikes. Not only AUA´s management is under pressure. Workers fear a new foundation of AUA or a re-sale.
March 5, 2012
Change on Executive Board at Austrian Airlines
Karsten Benz to become new Chief Commercial Officer and succeeds Andreas Bierwirth. The supervisory board will decide on the change of management on 13 March.
March 3, 2012
AUA´s Insolvency Becomes More Probable
German newspapers report that Lufthansa could establish a new Austrian airline company. AUA could be left then.
March 2, 2012
Board Member Bierwirth Leaves AUA
Andreas Bierwirth, member auf Austrian Airline´s management board, will exit. It is supposed that the austerity package caused controversies within AUA´s management.
March 2, 2012
AUA Delays Extraordinary Supervisory Board Meeting
AUA´s management has not reached a compromise with its staff yet. As a new collective agreement is still missing, the supervisory board meeting has been postponed by March 13.
March 1, 2012
AUA: Time Pressure Grows
Only eight days are left for the management of Austrian Airlines to agree on a new collective agreement with the employees. An acceptable solution for both sides may be barely found.
February 21, 2012
AUA Attempts to Prevent FlyNiki to Approach Tel Aviv
Austrian Airlines files a complaint against FlyNiki at the Austrian
February 18, 2012
AUA: Atmosphere on the Brink
Austrian Airlines is endangered to face persisting disputes. The conflict between the management and the works council sharpened further.
February 17, 2012
Air France to Enlarge Operations in Austria
The loss-making airline is under enormous growth pressure and reorganizes itself. Austria is seen as growth market.
February 16, 2012
Conflict Between AUA´s Management and Staff Escalates
2,300 employees of Austrian Airlines are endangered to be forced to switch to another collective agreement. AUA hopes to reach an agreement.
February 15, 2012
Vienna Airport to Cut Personnel Costs
The Vienna International Airport aims for reducing personnel costs at the new terminal “Skylink”.
February 15, 2012
AUA to Withdraw from Mumbai
Due to the increasing price pressure, Austrian Airlines has to focus on new markets. New target markets are Eastern Europe and the Middle East region.
February 13, 2012
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