Austrian Airlines (AUA) seems to be back on the road to recovery as it continues to serve more and more customers.AUA said today (Mon) it had 1.1 million passengers last month, up by 11.2 per cent year on year. The airline which was taken over by Lufthansa last year after it was on the […]
An elderly woman lamenting her mothers death has been pronounced dead herself by bungling pension officials.Retired restaurant boss Edda S. revealed she stopped receiving payments from her public pension agency after the recent death of her mother at the age of 88. The 66-year-old Carinthian who ran an eatery at the Ossiacher Lake […]
FlyNiki ups its efforts to outdo rivals Austrian Airlines (AUA) and Bulgaria Air as it launched a second daily connection between Vienna and Sofia earlier this week.The Vienna-based company headed by Niki Lauda announced today (Thurs) it was now offering two flights a day between the Austrian and Bulgarian capital. FlyNiki has been offering one […]
Federal Railways (ÖBB) head Christian Kern has claimed that higher mineral oil taxes would be an immense help in the firm’s bid to sell more tickets.The businessman, who previously worked for electricity provider Verbund, told the Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper today (Thurs) he was convinced more people would switch to trains if car fuel taxes were […]
Offices of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and the apartments its of ex-managers were raided last night (Mon) amid suspicions of bribery connected to the takeover of a Hungarian railway company.The Viennese Anti-Corruption Prosecution announced today (Tues) it was asked by Hungarian officials to assist in investigating the case regarding ÖBBs acquisition of MAV Cargo. The […]
Telekom Austria (TA) is to fully take over a leading Belarusian mobile communications firm, it has been announced.TA, which has 16,000 employees and more than 21 million customers across Europe, said today (Tues) it finalised the purchase of 100 per cent of Minsk-based Velcom.The Austrian company headed by Hannes Ametsreiter already acquired 70 per cent […]
Austrian construction top dog Strabag SE has been contracted to expand and renovate a shopping centre in Sweden.The Vienna-headquartered company announced today (Fri) it will enlarge the Täby Centrum in Stockholm from its current 50,000 square metres to an overall 80,000 square metres. Strabag added the size of the malls car park will be upped […]
Politicians in Upper Austria have turned their guns on Federal Railways (ÖBB) bosses after the firm announced plans to end its Linz Graz Intercity service.The state-owned company said today (Fri) that it would stop offering a direct high-speed connection between the Upper Austrian city of Linz and Graz in the province of Styria after […]
Former Hugo Boss chairman Werner Baldessarini has joined the supervisory board of an Austrian textiles firm, it emerged today (Thurs).Bregenz-based textiles and tights manufacturer Wolford said the Tyrolean has been assigned to help in positioning the company and its products.Baldessarini headed the executive board of German fashion giant Hugo Boss until 2002 before spending three […]
Telekom Austria (TA) confirmed today (Tues) it was interested in snatching a stake in a Kosovan telecommunication firm.A spokesman for TA, which leads the Austrian mobile services market, announced the company was one of five firms which have informed the Kovovan government of their interest in the 75 per cent share of state-owned PTK on […]