Police were called after Kurdish demonstrators burst into the Turkish airlines office in the first district of Vienna. In total ten activists stormed the office the Operngasse 3 in the late afternoon and the protest ended when one of the staff at the airline used a pepper spray that left several people hospitalised. The activists […]
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AUA announces austerity package details
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Austrian Airlines (AUA) has confirmed plans to freeze staff’s wages. Speculations about which measures new AUA chief Jaan Albrecht has in mind as part of his cost reduction strategy have made the rounds for some weeks. Now a spokesman for the company disclosed that the plan was to abolish terms in contracts which guaranteed employees […]
FW boss sees 30mn passenger potential
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Flughafen Wien AG (FW) co-chief Günther Ofner has said Vienna International Airport (VIA or VIE) could serve up to 30 million customers a year soon. Ofner – who took office last month – said yesterday (Thurs) VIA may register between 28 million and 30 million passengers in a few years’ time thanks to the airport’s […]
Olympic Airlines to cut Vienna service
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Olympic Airlines has announced plans to stop offering flights to Vienna.The Greek aviation firm explained today (Weds) the decision was part of a company-internal restructuring process.Olympic Airlines was recently kept by the European Commission (EC) from merging with local rival Aegean Airlines.Now Olympic Airlines said, it would reorganise its schedules as a consequence. The airline […]
AUA staff salaries upped
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Austrian Airlines (AUA) bosses managed to avoid a possible collapse of the firms aviation operations by granting more than 2,000 employees a pay rise.The struggling airlines 2,500 technicians and clerks decided last month they would go on strike in early 2011 if AUA managers do not meet their demands.Income negotiations between the AUA board and […]
Outgoing Lufthansa boss Wolfgang Mayrhuber may become the head of the airlines supervisory board, according to growing rumours.Current supervisory board head Jürgen Weber said at a business event in Hamburg yesterday evening (Mon) that he hopes the Austrian will succeed him when he retires in 2013.Mayrhuber, who has been head of the German aviation giant […]
Hans-Joachim Körber has been appointed new supervisory board chairman of budget airline Air Berlin.Company boss Joachim Hunold announced today (Tues) that the former head of wholesale retailer Metro AG will succeed Johannes Zurnieden by the beginning of next year.Zurnieden, who owns travel company Phoenix, will keep his Air Berlin shares. Hunold stressed Zurnieden will also […]
Austrian Airlines will add 300 flights per week from Vienna to their schedule starting in November.Austrian Airlines said on Monday that the number of connecting flights would increase which would especially facilitate travelling from Western to Eastern Europe.The number of flights will increase from 20,000 to 20,300 per week and connecting flights will be coordinated.The […]
AUA passenger numbers up
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Bosses at struggling Austrian Airlines (AUA) hope for a “return of passengers” as the former Austrian flagship carrier had more customers last month year on year.AUA co-chiefs Peter Malanik and Andreas Bierwirth said today (Thurs) the company had 1.015 million passengers in May, up by 16.1 per cent to the same month of last year.The […]