The regional airline Air Alps is to be liquidated. In November flights between Bolzano and Rome were cancelled. Since then they have been trying to attract an investor but this has not been possible the airline announced today. The Austria South Tyrol regional airline is head quartered in Innsbruck, Austria. Over the past months there […]
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Air-traffic controllers across Europe staged a day of protest against the EU plan to unify the European airspace yesterday (Wednesday). There were limited disruptions to Austrian air traffic – the only flights affected were those to and from France. Officials at Vienna-Schwechat’s international airport said that ten links to Paris, Nice and Lyon (France) were […]
A Styrian extreme sportsman, who has been missing in Switzerland since the beginning of March, was found dead. The 29-year-old man from Graz fell in an attempt to fly through a canyon near Walenstadt in a wing suit. A jump in the Schattenbach canyon in the Swiss canton St Gallen on 3 March 2013 proved […]
By Rachael Williams A recent investigation of 1,000 Austrian classrooms has revealed that the air is too dry, too warm and laden with CO2. The investigation was carried out by Environmental Hygiene Expert Hans-Peter Hutter and his team at the Medical University of Vienna. Hutter commented on the negative effect of such a classroom environment, […]
Pay cuts scare off AUA pilots
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Dozens of pilots have left Austrian Airlines (AUA) in the past weeks, according to the loss-making carrier’s works committee. Staff representatives said 80 pilots and 170 stewards and stewardesses decided to quit in the recent weeks due to the upcoming contract reform. AUA bosses plan to introduce a new form of contract in July. The […]
Giant penis is blown up
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A three and a half tonne model penis work of art was exploded into the air in Bad Blumau, Austria. The giant penis artwork “Gaia” measuring over 4 metres was designed by Emmerich Weissenberge, but it has now been blown up during a controlled explosion – in the name of art. The organic remains of […]
Man killed by cement mixer
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In Latschach near to Velden in Carinthea a fatal accident occurred yesterday as a 32 year-old was tending to a cement mixer. The man was a driver of the cement mixer and was trying to clean the pipe through which the concrete is poured onto a desired surface. A defect then caused the pipe to […]
Bierwirth to depart, papers claim
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Andreas Bierwirth is about to leave the executive board of Austrian Airlines (AUA), according to reports. Several Austrian business dailies report today (Fri) that the businessman’s contract will not be extended. The supervisory board of Lufthansa – which rescued AUA from ruin in 2009 – is understood to debate the details of Bierwirth’s departure in […]
Snipers to remain behind bars
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Two young men who injured more than a dozen people with an air-powered gun in Vienna in the past weeks will be kept in custody. Crime officials in the city said yesterday (Mon) the friends, both aged 20, would remain in detention for another two weeks when judges would decide over whether they would be […]
New AUA boss warns rivals
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The new Austrian Airlines (AUA) board chief has revealed plans to “create new alliances”. Jan Albrecht – who was elected by the supervisory board of AUA and its parent firm, Germany’s Lufthansa, yesterday (Thurs) – said he saw “a good opportunity” to approach the new heads of Flughafen Wien AG (FW) about how to cooperate […]