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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
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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
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AUA Threatened by Strikes
After Austrian Airlines´ supervisory board resolved the transfer of undertakings, the Lufthansa subsidiary may face strikes.
April 21, 2012
Austrian Railways Aims for Expansion in SEE
ÖBB (Austrian Railways) wants to establish a new freight subsidiary operating in Southeastern Europe. In Austria, ÖBB performs better than expected.
April 16, 2012
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Gebrüder Weiss Takes Over Spedition Diehl
The Austrian transport and logistics company raises its stake in the German freight forwarder Spedition Diehl to a hundred percent.
April 14, 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
Moderate Passenger Traffic at Vienna International Airport
Vienna Airport: plus 8.6% in passengers during March 2012. Cargo volume continues to decrease.
April 12, 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
Freight on Danube is Decreasing
Due to a lower water level, freight transport volume on the river Danube decreased by 10% in 2011.
March 29, 2012
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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
Vienna International Airport to Offer More Incentives
In order to maintain competitiveness, the airport tries to attract more airlines. But also costs will have to be cut.
March 23, 2012
Moderate Rise in Austrian Bilateral Trade with Italy
In 2011, Austrian exports to Italy went up by 8.6% to € 9.3bn. After Germany, Italy is Austria´s second largest trade partner.
March 21, 2012
Vienna International Airport Posts Fall in Profits
EBITDA increases 12.4% to € 189.0m. Net profit declines to € 31.6m due to previously announced special effects. VIA´s management gives a positive outlook for 2012.
March 21, 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
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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
Gebrüder Weiss Achieves Record Turnover
In the 2011 fiscal year, the Austrian transport company Gebrüder Weiss Transport & Logistics recorded turnover in excess of € 1.0bn for the first time.
March 14, 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
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Vienna Airport Notes 10.3% Increase in Passengers
The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport rose by 10.3% year-on-year to 1,387,505 in February 2012.
March 13, 2012
Austrian Railways: Hope for RCA
Rail Cargo Austria, the freight division of Austrian Railways (ÖBB) seems to have achieved the turnaround. In 2010, RCA caused losses of € 67m.
March 10, 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: 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
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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
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
Austrian Railways Looking for Partners
ÖBB (Austrian Railways) wants to re-launch its foreign markets with local partners. After 2008, ÖBB had to downsize operations abroad.
February 28, 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
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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
Vienna Airport: Moderate Rise in Passengers
Vienna International Airport registers a 9% increase in passengers during January 2012.
February 14, 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
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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AUA to be Re-Sold?
Rumors on Austrian Airlines do not end. A sale by Lufhansa is discussed, even the insolvency is not excluded.
February 9, 2012
Moderate Rise in Passengers at AUA
Austrian Airlines traffic result for January 2012: 7.1 percent increase in Passenger Volume. European traffic rose slightly stronger.
February 9, 2012
Growing Nerviness at AUA´s Workforce
The workforce at Austrian Airlines feels uncertainty. Even a bankruptcy is feared.
February 8, 2012
Emirates: Antinori Wants AUA´s Staff to Switch
The head of marketing at Emirates, Thierry Antinori, wants dissatisfied employees at AUA to change to Emirates.
February 6, 2012
Kapsch Wins Contract in Ireland
The Austrian toll system supplier wins Irish Rail GSM-R tender for the implementation of a digital train radio system.
February 2, 2012
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Austrian Railways Reduced Losses
The Austrian Railways (ÖBB) is still in the red. Nevertheless, losses were lower than initially expected.
January 19, 2012
Vienna International Airport: 7.2% Plus in Passengers
Vienna Airport set a new record in 2011 with a total of 21,106,292 passengers. This year-on-year increase of 7.2% places Vienna above the European average.
January 19, 2012
3.4% Passenger Increase for AUA
According to Austrian Airlines traffic results, more than 11 million passengers were carried in 2011.
January 11, 2012
Austrian Airlines Records High Losses
Against previous expectations, the Austrian subsidiary of Lufthansa could not improve its results in 2011 compared to 2010.
January 10, 2012
Austerity Package: AUA in Difficulties
The implementation of further austerity measures faces resistance. Moreover, competition for Austrian Airlines becomes even stronger.
January 7, 2012
AUA to Implement Drastic Cost Cuts
Austrian Airlines, a subsidiary of German Lufthansa, is said to cut costs drastically. Old planes will not be replaced anymore.
January 5, 2012
Kapsch TrafficCom Wins Major Contract in Russia
The Austrian supplier of toll collection systems was chosen for the operation of a 400 km-long segment of the M4 Federal Highway.
December 29, 2011
Alpine Receives Railroad Operator License
The Austrian construction company received official license from the Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology for freight transports today.
December 22, 2011
Austerity Package for Austrian Railways?
According to media reports, the Austrian Railways (ÖBB) faces drastic steps. Among others, a hiring freeze is discussed.
December 19, 2011
Gebrüder Weiss Builds New Branch in Czech Republic
In Jeneč, near Prague, the Austrian logistics supplier builds a new terminal with an office complex and cross-docking facilities. Investments amount to € 15m.
December 17, 2011
AUA Sharpens Austerity Measures
The Viennese business location Austrian Airlines, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, has to become cheaper, says Lufthansa´s CEO Franz.
December 14, 2011
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