Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines expands London offering
Austrian Airlines is extending its cooperation with Star Alliance partner bmi, British Midland International, as bmi incorporates Vienna into its route network as a new destination.
Double status miles for Austrian frequent flyers
Flying with Austrian is now worth double for Miles & More members: In the next two months, they will be earning double status miles on each flight within Austria and Europe.
Austrian launches prices from seventh heaven
In its latest price campaign, Austrian is offering unbeatably low-priced flights to North America, Asia and the Middle East.
Austrian begins long-term restructuring measures
Having already fulfilled its ambitious package of short-term measures designed to generate savings of EUR 225 million this year, the management of Austrian Airlines is now confronting the challenge of improving the company’s result in the medium term.
Austrian Cargo to cooperate with Jade Cargo
Austrian Cargo and Jade Cargo International are setting a new standard in the expansion of Vienna as a cargo hub for Central and Eastern Europe: in a first step, the Chinese all-cargo carrier based in Shenzhen will begin flying the Seoul-Shanghai-Vienna-Frankfurt-Seoul route twice a week with immediate effect.
Austrian enters next restructuring phase
In the last week, the Austrian Airlines Group presented the first measures of its sustainability package designed to increase its long-term competitiveness. Management has now decided on the next measures: to replace 50-seater aircraft with larger aircraft from the existing fleet.
Austrian expands route network
The Austrian Airlines Group is continuing to expand its route network into the Middle East. On 05 May 2009, Austrian launched a scheduled service to Amman which will operate three times a week from Vienna.
Austrian is first European airline to convert B767
On 27 March 2009, the first Austrian Boeing B767 (OE-LAE) to undergo a successful conversion to ‘winglets’ in the USA returned to Austria. Winglets are upturned ends on the tips of the wings of passenger aircraft which improve its aerodynamics. This leads to significantly lower fuel consumption and accordingly a reduction in costs, as well as an improved environment protection.
Austrian Airlines concludes staff negotiations
The ongoing negotiations over a package of measures for cabin staff of the Austrian Airlines Group (i.e. the Flight Operations Divisions of Austrian and Tyrolean) have successfully resulted in an agreement.
Austrian ground staff agree to short-time working
In the current negotiations between the Austrian Airlines management board, the unions GPA-djp and vida and also the Austrian Airlines Works Council for Commercial and Technical Personnel, have announced an important agreement concerning short-time working for the employees in this field has been achieved.
Austrian reports negative trend in passenger volumes
The negative trend currently impacting the entire aviation industry continued at the Austrian Airlines Group in February. Despite significantly reduced capacities (-14.2% measured in ASK) and the implementation of extensive marketing measures, it proved impossible to compensate for the fall in demand. The load factor stood at 69.1%, 3.0 percentage points lower than 2008.
Austrian ranked amongst most reliable airlines
The Austrian Airlines Group once again achieved exceptional figures in its punctuality and flight reliability in 2008: compared to all AEA (Association of European Airlines) member airlines, the ‘red-white-red’ carrier took leading placings in all segments, and was judged to have performed far better than many other renowned airlines.
Top marks for Austrian Airlines
It’s another top placing for Austrian Airlines: readers of business travel magazine Business Traveller have once again voted the airline into first place in the “Food & Drink” category. The Austrian airline also achieved an outstanding second place in the overall evaluation of the region’s best airlines in the “Best Airline in Europe” category, as well as second places for the level of service offered on board and on the ground, and for its cabin comfort. Finally, Austrian was awarded a third place for its safety provisions.
Austrian increases capacity on Dubai routes
Routes to the Middle East are central to Austrian Airlines Focus East strategy and have recently benefited from the introduction of the Premium Service Business Class. Among the most successful are flights to Dubai therefore Austrian Airlines will expand its seating capacity on the route from 1 March 2009.
Austrian Airlines reduces fuel surcharge
Due to a continued relaxation in conditions on fuel markets, the fuel surcharge for Austrian Airlines’ short and medium haul scheduled flights has been reduced by 3 Euros from 24 Euros to 21 Euros as of 23 December 2008. The surcharge for long-haul flights is reduced by 16 Euros from 98 Euros to 82 Euros.