Vienna International Airports (VIA or VIE) performance has been affected by the uprisings in North Africa and the Arabian region.Flughafen Wien AG, the company managing Austrias busiest aerodrome, said today (Tues) the number of passengers to destinations in the Far and Middle East edged down by 0.5 per cent last month compared to March 2010 […]
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 […]
The apartments of former Vienna International Airports (VIA or VIE) managers in Vienna and Lower Austria have been searched by prosecutors, it was confirmed.Klosterneuburg prosecutors announced that search warrants were executed at two homes of former VIA decision-makers and businesspeople assigned to create a new terminal called Skylink this morning (Tues). They added that several […]
A Kapsch TrafficCom AG (Kapsch) affiliate is raking in a one-digit million-Euro sum by equipping a federal railway agency in North Africa with a radio system.Kapsch CarrierCom said today (Tues) it has been assigned to deliver and set up the system on a 110-kilometre route in Algeria. The firm refused to reveal any figures, but […]
Consumer rights watchdogs have called on political decision-makers to take action as food is getting more expensive.Labour Chamber (AK) research focusing on the 41 most common products of daily life shows that Austrians are currently forced to fork out four per cent more for the same goods at supermarkets than in January. Flour price rates […]
A third of Austrian women can imagine undergoing cosmetic surgery, a poll has revealed.Researcher Marketagent said today (Thurs) around 33 per cent of women considered plastic surgery as an option, while only one in six men said the same.Breast reductions and enlargements were identified as the most popular potential surgery among women in the poll, […]
Peoples Party (ÖVP) Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner has said he is ready to reattempt reforming Austrias youth protection regulations.Non-government organisations (NGOs) and opposition politicians have criticised decision-makers for years over the issue since laws strongly vary in all of the countrys nine provinces. The legal framework allows 16-year-olds to go out up to three hours […]
Students in Austria may soon be able to graduate in Turkish.The federal education ministry of Social Democrat (SPÖ) Claudia Schmied announced today (Tues) the language may become the 14th foreign language learners in the country can pick at their final exams. Turkish has been taught as an optional subject in many secondary modern schools which […]
Gerhard Roiss, the new head of energy sector giant OMV AG, has hinted that the company will reform its strategy.The businessman, who took over from Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer as CEO today (Fri), announced yesterday he assigned a team of firm-internal experts to review and possibly adopt OMVs focus.Roiss explained it was likely that OMV will draw […]
Raiffeisen Bank Internationals (RBI) Romanian affiliate has managed to increase its profit by more than 10 per cent.RBI said today (Weds) its department in the Eastern European (EE) country achieved profits of 83 million Euros in 2010, up by 12 per cent in a year.The Viennese institute which handles the international operations of Raiffeisenzentralbank […]