Leo Windtner is to remain head of the Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB).A committee formed by the bodys nine provincial department chiefs and Bundesliga boss Hans Rinner decided to name Windtner as the only candidate for the post at the 30 May election.Windtner, who also acts as CEO of Linz-based electricity company Energie AG, became ÖFB […]
Kapsch TrafficCom Sweden, a 100-per-cent subsidiary of Austrian IT firm Kapsch TrafficCom AG, has won a big assignment in Bangkok.Company officials announced today (Tues) that they will equip the Thai capitals Bang NaBangpakong expressway with a road toll system.The order was worth seven million Euros, they said, adding that they will set the system up […]
By Emiliano AlbensiThree Austrians were killed in an airplane crash in central Italy yesterday evening (Sun) after flying into a snowstorm, it has emerged.Officials in the countrys Marche region said today (Mon) the Cessna 182 started in Romes Urbe Airport for Wolfsberg, Austria, when it crashed between Ancona and Macerata.The site where the plane came […]
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is taking some of the worlds best classical music artists on a cruise tour this summer.Orchestra head Clemens Hellsberg said he had decided to set up the journey after the first trip two years ago was a massive hit with fans of classical music.Conductors Valery Gergiev and Christian Thielemann, pianist Rudolf […]
Upper Austrian fibre producer Lenzing AG announced today (Mon) that it would invest an additional 78 million Euros in expansion of its facilities in Nanjing, China, and Lenzing, Upper Austria.It added that half of its fibre production capacity would be located in Asia after the expansion. It announced the investment of 120 million Euros in […]
Vienna International Airports (VIA) turnover and earnings dropped in 2009 in a year overshadowed by the revelation that the cost of construction of a new terminal may double.The Austrian Audit Office (RH) is examining VIAs books after the press reported that the cost of building the new “Skylink” terminal could reach 830 million Euros instead […]
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) supervisory board chief Horst Pöchhacker revealed today (Weds) the firms freight business department suffered operative losses of 100 million Euros last year.Pöchhacker said in a radio interview: “Turnover dropped by 500 million Euros due to the exceptional crisis last year, but we already managed to save around 400 million Euros.”He claimed […]