The Viennese Labour Chamber (AK) has called on politicians to act on the content of air in foodstuff packages. The chamber said today (Mon) it checked 35 products on sale in Vienna for the percentage of air. The organisation picked the items over suspicions that they contained a substantial amount of air. AK announced it […]
An Austrian Airlines (AUA) flight had to carry out an unplanned landing en route to Austria. The passenger flight was due to land at Vienna International Airport (VIA or VIE) near Schwechat, Lower Austria yesterday afternoon (Weds). However, pilots of the Dash 8 jet – which started at Podgorica Airport (TGD) in Montenegro – decided […]
A leading low-cost carrier considers leaving Klagenfurt Airport (KLU), according to reports. Austrian newspapers claim today (Tues) that Air Berlin could stop operating between KLU and aerodromes in the German cities of Berlin, Dusseldorf and Hamburg later this year. The dailies report the company – Germany’s second-busiest airline after Lufthansa – demand financial support from […]
FlyNiki partner Air Berlin had around six per cent more customers in the first five months of this year than in the same period of 2010.The carrier which has been cooperating with Vienna-based FlyNiki since 2004 said yesterday (Mon) it recorded 12.95 passengers between January and May 2011. Air Berlin said this was […]
A 28-year-old motorcyclist ended up in a wastewater tank after crashing into a truck.The man from Kirchberg-Thening steered into the Czech lorry when the vehicle took a bend the moment he wanted to overtake it in Hörsching near Linz, Upper Austria, yesterday evening (Thurs).The biker was hurled into the air before landing in a roadside […]
A German has been convicted for firing at houses in Vienna-Hietzing with a slingshot.The 51-year-old was arrested after staff at a doctors practice informed police that the man was damaging the buildings facade last September.The weapon he was using was identified as a high-precision slingshot which has to be registered by owners in Austria. The […]
A worker maintaining a snow-making machine had to be hospitalised after a water hose burst.Officials in the Salzburg ski resort of Obertauern said today (Thurs) the 50-year-old mans right leg was seriously injured by pieces of metal hurled into the air due to the water pressure in the incident which happened yesterday afternoon.Obertauern is one […]
Austrian Airlines (AUA) had its wings clipped in the first three months of this year.The airline announced yesterday (Mon) that it served 2.1 million passengers between January and March, down by one per cent compared to the first quarter of 2010. AUA added that it had 797,500 customers in March, around 2.4 per cent fewer […]
FlyNikis cooperation partner Air Berlin suffered an operative loss of nearly 10 million Euros last year.The airline said today (Fri) it recorded a loss before interest and taxes of 9.3 million Euros in 2010. Air Berlin achieved earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) of 28.5 million Euros in 2009. Its turnover however climbed by 14.8 […]
Doctors have warned of a year with a strong pollen pollution.Experts said at a conference in Vienna yesterday (Thurs) that the amount of pollen in the air could be twice as high in some areas in Austria this spring and summer than in 2009.The panel of doctors warned many people would underestimate allergies. They explained […]