A textiles industry businessman has vowed to succeed Austrian Airlines (AUA) in offering flights between St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport and Vienna International Airport (VIA).Bosses of the St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, which is located just a few kilometres from the Swiss-Austrian border, cancelled their cooperation with AUA last October. They explained AUA must stop its service as of […]
A train service connecting Vienna International Airport (VIA) and the capitals city centre in less than 20 minutes has received an extensive makeover eight years on.City Airport Train (CAT) bosses Doris Pulker-Rohrhofer and Elisabeth Landrichter announced today (Tues) the interior trains operating on the route has been improved.”Customers expect first class service. Thats why we […]
Graz Airport bosses blamed the ash cloud-enforced cancellations for failing to break the one million passenger hurdle last year.CEO Gerhard Widmann announced today (Tues) that the airport, which is located around 10 kilometres outside the city centre of Graz, recorded 990,118 passengers in 2010, 4.4 per cent more than in the previous year.But Widmann pointed […]
The supervisory board of Vienna International Airport (VIA) has decided to remove all three co-chiefs from power.The panel agreed in a 14-hour-long meeting yesterday (Weds) to lay off Herbert Kaufmann by the end of this month. Gerhard Schmid and Ernest Gabmann will leave Flughafen Wien AG, the company managing Austrias biggest airport, next year.The trio […]
An Austrian Airlines (AUA) plane is to undergo investigation after pilots were incorrectly informed about problems with the landing gear on Sunday night.The company said today (Tues) the pilots of the Fokker 100 jet which departed from Vienna International Airport (VIA) informed the 81 passengers to prepare for a possible landing operation without an operating […]
FlyNiki partner Air Berlin has revealed plans to diminish its capacities.The company Germanys second-biggest airline after Lufthansa said today (Thurs) it planned to reduce its fleet by seven planes in the near future as a reaction to upcoming taxes on tickets imposed by the German government.The coalition of the Christian Democratic Union of […]
Austrian Airlines (AUA) co-chief Andreas Bierwirth has launched a scathing attack on Vienna International Airport (VIA).Bierwirth said today (Weds) “certain aspects” of the airport were “abysmal”.”Passengers experience the airport as part of our own services,” he explained.Asked what he was especially unhappy about, the businessman mentioned advertisement posters for brothels in VIAs arrival area. Bierwirth […]
Austrian Airlines (AUA) have attacked Innsbruck Airport officials for sparking a major alarm after an aircraft had to carry out an emergency landing yesterday (Sun).None of the 47 passengers on the Dash 8-300 of AUAs charter firm Austrian Arrows were injured when its pilot returned to the airport after technical difficulties with one of its […]
Thousands of aviation enthusiasts turned up in Vienna and Linz to get a glimpse of the new Airbus A380 yesterday (Weds).The worlds biggest passenger aircraft landed at Vienna International Airport (VIA) and Linz Airport as part of a Europe-wide test flights session.Around 1,500 airplane fans came to VIA to watch the double-decker plane which […]
Lower Austrian prosecutors have raided offices at Vienna International Airport (VIA) today (Thurs).Korneuburg state prosecutor Friedrich Köhl said dozens of documents have been confiscated. “It will probably take several weeks to examine them,” he added.A spokesman for Flughafen Wien AG, the company managing VIA, claimed none of their offices were searched. He added it had […]