The Austrian post office wants to reduce the number of people having to come and pick up packages from post collection centres in the Austrian capital of Vienna. By the end of the year the postal service wants to double the number of parcel boxes in apartments blocks in the city meaning that less people […]
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Train passengers in Austria would like more connections throughout Austria, a train ticket which covers the whole country as well as train plans which connect the whole country. This is the result of a study by the Austrian Traffic Club. Older passengers were more positive about the Austrian train service than others. Those under thirty […]
Following in the footsteps of Car2Go and Carsharing.at a new car sharing operator has opened in Vienna. Flinkster, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, has opened its Vienna headquarters at Vienna’s Westbahnhof Train Station. Further locations in 18 other districts of Vienna are set to follow. The basic price for rental is 1 Euro per hour […]
AUA: 35 Million Euro loss
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Austrian Airlines (AUA) made a loss of 35 million Euro in the first half of this year (2013) despite making a profit in the second quarter. The operating profit of 21 million Euro in the second quarter was not enough to balance out the 35 million Euro loss in the first quarter. Thus making a […]
By Rob Hyde in Vienna. Customers shopping at petrol stations Austria are having to pay almost twice as much as in supermarkets, a recent report shows. Statistics published by the Chamber of Labour (AK) reveal that the price of purchasing food, drinks and general items from the petrol pump stores works as 48 per cent […]
Vienna sees big rent prices increase
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Rental prices for office space in the Austrian capital of Vienna is some of the most expensive in Europe. Experts from property company EHL Immobilien also warn that the rental prices will continue to rise. In top locations such as Vienna’s first district location Kohlmarkt office space goes for 390 Euro per M2 per month. […]
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, […]
Austrian building boom
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The Austrian building business is once again booming after the financial crisis fuelled by heavy investment in property as fears grow over financial markets. In the western Austrian province of Salzburg business is booming the most. According to the latest statistics from Statistic Austria the volume of building contracts has increased by 80 per cent […]
Austrians in football fever
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Austrians are in football fever despite not qualifying for the Euro 2012 tournament in Poland and Ukraine, a new study has shown. The research by a Linz market research institute shows that 47 per cent of Austrians are interested in the football – that figure is only 10 per cent less than in 2008 when […]
Sold: Company where 155 died
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Electricity provider Verbund has sold its share in the Gletscherbahn Kaprun that was responsible for the worst winter sports tragedy in Austrian history when 155 people died. The Gletscherbahn Kaprun disaster was a fire that occurred in an ascending railway car in the tunnel of the Gletscherbahn 2 railway on 11 November 2000. The disaster […]