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Vienna Airport Focuses on Expansion: 420-Million-Euro Terminal Expansion Project Launched
The foundation stone for a comprehensive terminal expansion has been laid at Vienna Airport Schwechat. With a budget of 420 million euros, the airport will not only become larger but also more modern and customer-friendly by 2027.
February 14, 2024
Austria's Air Future: Embraer's C-390 Set to Replace the Stalwart C-130
In a landmark decision, Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner, flanked by National Armaments Director Major General Harald Vodosek, announced the intended replacement for the Austrian Armed Forces' reliable yet aging C-130 "Hercules": the Embraer C-390.
September 20, 2023
OMV to Supply Air France-KLM 2,000 Tons of Sustainable Jet Fuel
OMV, a Vienna-based integrated company specializing in energy, fuels, and commodities, has taken a decisive step towards promoting more sustainable aviation practices. It has signed an off-take agreement to supply 2,000 tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Air France-KLM Group for 2023.
September 18, 2023
New Cargo Airline DHL Air Austria Creates 54 New Jobs at Vienna Airport
The new cargo airline DHL Air Austria, which is now headquartered at Vienna Airport, will handle European cargo flights in future with eighteen Boeing 757 aircraft and around 176 pilots.
November 12, 2021
Voestalpine: Short-time Work in 50 European Subsidiaries
The biggest economic challenge of the past decade represented by the coronavirus pandemic has hit the Austrian technology group Voestalpine hard. Short-time work in Austria and other European countries such as Germany, Belgium and France is unavoidable due to the slump in demand.
March 24, 2020
No More Direct Flights Between Beijing and Vienna
Because of the coronavirus crisis, Air China has now also temporarily suspended all flights between Beijing and Vienna. AUA Austrian Airlines already suspended all flights to China on 6 February 2020 - provisionally until the end of the winter flight schedule.
February 26, 2020
Austrian Airlines: Passenger Record, Eight New Destinations and Fleet Concentration in Vienna
The Lufthansa subsidiary registered a record 14.7 million passengers last year. A new promising US route to Boston and seven additional destinations to Rome, Barcelona, Birmingham, Nuremberg. Zadar, Kavala and Samos are on the agenda for 2020.
January 21, 2020
Austrian Airlines Sacks 10% of Its Workforce
AUA Austrian Airlines is planning drastic job cuts. Of the current 7,000 jobs, one in ten will be cut by the end of 2021. 700 to 800 employees are expected to be affected. EUR 90 million should be saved annually.
November 7, 2019
Austrian Airlines Flies Once Again to Tokyo
As of today, Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines will again be flying directly to the Japanese capital. Due to changed economic fundamentals, the route, which was closed in autumn 2016, appears to be profitable again.
May 15, 2018
AUA Started Flights to Shanghai, Tokyo Will Be Removed
The initial Austrian Airlines flight to Shanghai took off from Vienna yesterday. AUA will terminate the connection to Tokyo as of September 4 and will rather bet again on Chinese destinations. The economic slowdown of the Japanese economy made the Vienna-Tokyo route unprofitable. Instead AUA starts with five weekly flights to Shanghai on a Boeing 777.
April 7, 2016
Austrian Airlines to Offer Flights to Hong Kong Starting September 5, 2016
AUA Austrian Airlines has signed an agreement with Hong Kong authorities to ad Hong Kong International Airport to its portfolio of long-haul destinations. AUA will fly up to 5 times a week to Hong Kong as of September 5, 2016. The direct link to Vienna will also be the gateway to Eastern Europe for the Hongkongese as well as the South-Chinese business community.
March 9, 2016
Austrian Airlines Returns to Shanghai
The return to Shanghai highlights the continued importance of the Chinese market to Austrian Airlines and the high value attached to its outbound market in particular. Austrian Airlines had already included Shanghai in its flight schedule starting on April 28, 2004. However, flight service was terminated in January 2007 as part of the redimensioning of the airline’s long-haul fleet and the related decommissioning of all its Airbus A330 and A340 long-haul aircraft.
September 10, 2015
British Police Orders Surveillance Aircraft from Austrian Airborne Technologies
The UK National Police Air Service (UK NPAS) has awarded the contract to deliver 4 role-equipped fixed-wing surveillance aircraft to Airborne Technologies from Wiener Neustadt. In addition to substantial German police units, another important police force will now rely on the Austrian company that has established itself as potential partner for police aviation.
September 10, 2015
Vienna Airport Supervisory Board Extends Management Contracts Until 2021
Listed Vienna airport operator reappoints Julian Jäger and Günther Ofner to the Management Board of Flughafen Wien AG.
June 23, 2015
Aircraft Component Maker FACC Moves Operations Partially to the US
FACC AG has established an additional plant in Wichita/USA for the purpose of expanding the company's global presence in repair and maintenance.
April 13, 2015
Analysis: Crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 - Investigation and Latest Responses
Yesterday Germanwings Flight 9525 from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, an Airbus A320-200, crashed around 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Nice, in the French Alps. All 144 passengers and six crew members died. People on board by nationality were: Germany 67, Spain 45, Kazakhstan 3, Mexico 3, Argentina 2, Australia 2, Colombia 2, Croatia 2, Japan 2, Morocco 2, Belgium 1, Denmark 1, Israel 1, Netherlands 1, Turkey 1, United Kingdom Several (unconfirmed), and unknown 15. The aircraft had reached its cruising altitude, flight level 380 (approx. 38,000 ft [12,000 m]) at 9:27 GMT. Three minutes later the aircraft began its descent - the purpose of the descent is not currently known. 14 minutes after the initial descent, radar contact with the aircraft was lost. Meanwhile the first cockpit voice recorder was recovered by rescue workers and is being examined by the investigation team. The recorder was damaged in the crash, but was said to be still in a "usable" condition. The search for the flight data recorder was to be a priority when the recovery operation resumed. It is the third-deadliest crash of an Airbus A320, after TAM Airlines Flight 3054 and Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501, and the third-deadliest aviation disaster on French soil, after Turkish Airlines Flight 981 and Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308. Unusually, the plane appears not to have deviated from its flight plan during its descent.
March 25, 2015 · Updated: March 26, 2015; 14:30
German Wings Crash: No Austrians or Transit Passengers to Vienna Were Aboard
It is believed that no Austrians or direct transit passengers to Vienna were aboard the crashed Germanwings plane. "None of the passengers from Düsseldorf held connecting flights to Vienna, so we believe this tragedy has not affected any Austrians. However, we do not as yet have a passenger list of those who were on the flight," Lufthansa said.
March 24, 2015 · Updated: March 26, 2015; 10:45
Update: Germanwings Crash - Two Iranian Journalists on Transit to Vienna among Victims
It has been confirmed that two transit passengers to Vienna were aboard the crashed Germanwings plane Flight 9525. Reuters reports that the two Iranian dead are sports journalists who were travelling to watch their national team play Chile in Sankt Pölten tomorrow. The two men had earlier travelled to Barcelona to cover a match between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
March 25, 2015
German Airliner with 150 People Crashes in Southern France
An Airbus A320 airliner of German low-cost airline Germanwings crashed in the French Alps near Digne carrying 144 passengers and six crew members. "All 150 feared dead" says Fancois Hollande. It is unclear whether Austrian passengers were on board.
March 24, 2015 · Updated: March 24, 2015; 14:45
Flughafen Wien in 2014: Passenger record of 22.5 million (+2.2%) despite adifficult market environment
Outlook for 2015: Further growth if crises introuble spots do not escalate.
January 20, 2015
FACC and Parent AVIC to Shift Manufacturing of Passenger Cabins from Austria to China
During the China trip of Economy Minister Mitterlehner, Foreign Affairs Minister Kurz and Agriculture Minister Rupprechter, FACC AG and parent Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) have re-confirmed their "plans to enter into a strategic partnership relating to the integration of aircraft passenger cabins in China". Over the long run this means, that Austrian know-how and Austrian jobs will be moved and outsourced to China.
October 23, 2014
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Starts the Use of Austrian Drones
The OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) today completed the maiden flight of its unarmed/unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) before members of the media near Mariupol in eastern Ukraine. The OSCE will use unmanned and unarmed drones for the monitoring of the border between Ukraine and Russia.
October 23, 2014
AUA Sweeps Istanbul from Winter Timetable
AUA could no longer defy Turkish Airlines, because the Turkish airline puts on quality, but has much lower costs. During the winter schedule AUA therefore sweeps flights to Istanbul from its program.
September 16, 2014
Vienna International Airport: Moderate Increase in Passengers
Flughafen Wien AG: 5.0% increase in passengers to 22.2 million in 2012. For 2013 Vienna Airport expects growth of 1 to 2% in the number of passengers as well as higher revenue and EBITDA.
January 17, 2013
Former AUA Board Member Bierwirth Enters T-Mobile
Andreas Bierwirth becomes CEO of T-Mobile Austria. The current CEO Robert Chvatal leaves the company for “personal reasons”.
July 25, 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
Lufthansa to Bundle Operations
In order to achieve the austerity targets, Lufthansa centralizes operations. Austrian Airlines is highly affected.
February 10, 2012
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