A leading airline caterer will soon provide food for Federal Railways (ÖBB) customers, according to a newspaper. Die Presse reports today (Weds) that ÖBB picked DO&CO to manage on-board catering services of its long-distance trains from April. The state-funded railway company and the Viennese gastronomy enterprise were unavailable for comment. ÖBB is expected to reveal […]
Michael Ludwig has vowed to improve the quality of services to people living in social housing flats in Vienna. The Viennese Social Democratic (SPÖ) housing councillor told the Kurier newspaper today (Thurs) his department recently raised the number of advice and information checkpoints situated at community housing complexes to 100 in the past months. He […]
A group of teenagers escaped unscathed after their car slipped off a bridge in Kleinzell, Austria yesterday (Weds). The three involved were left dangling off the bridge, hanging on only by their rear wheels. The group of youngsters, aged between 17 and 21 were driving across a wet bridge, when they lost control of their […]
Vienna has retained its reputation as the most liveable city in the world in a global consulting group’s latest investigation. Mercer said today (Tues) the Austrian capital made first place in its Quality of Living Survey 2011. Zurich in neighbouring Switzerland remains in second place followed by Auckland, New Zealand, and Munich, Germany. Dusseldorf in […]
Federal Railways (ÖBB) has defended the introduction of crash prices. A spokeswoman for the company said today (Fri) criticism of the latest move was “incomprehensible” since the customers would eventually benefit from it. ÖBB caused a stir by presenting a programme featuring 25,000 tickets for 15 Euros each for its western railway link connecting Vienna […]
There are more than 1,200 so-called Post Partners in Austria, federal postal services provider Post AG announced today (Fri). The company has closed hundreds of regular post offices in the past years to save costs. Laws demand that the firm provides a comprehensive service to people everywhere in Austria. This is why Post AG agreed […]
Services provided by the city of Vienna to its residents will become more expensive in less than half a year, it emerged yesterday (Weds). The capital’s government coalition of Mayor Michael Häupl’s Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the Viennese Green Party said services like waste disposal and tap water supply will cost around six per cent […]
Bank Austria (BA) customers have been assured they will be compensated for losses temporarily suffered due to a technical glitch.Viennese newspapers report today (Thurs) that hundreds of customers of BA and credit card payment services provider Paylife were affected by the error which meant amounts twice as high as intended had been withdrawn from their […]
Österreichische Post AG (Post AG) has managed to increase its profit despite fewer letters being set in Austria.The state-owned postal services provider said today (Tues) its profit soared by 48.5 per cent to 118.4 million Euros from 2009 to 2010. Turnover however edged down by 0.2 per cent to 2.357 billion Euros.The company, which is […]
An elderly woman has sustained serious injuries when she was hit by a tram.Wiener Linien, the company in charge of public transport services in the Austrian capital Vienna, said today (Tues) a 62-year-old woman was hospitalised with a traumatic brain injury.The firm explained the woman stepped on the tram tracks in Alsergrund district without checking […]