• Austria’s Olympic team heading to Olympic gold on flight OS2763 • Nine Olympic medalists on board Vienna, Austria, 2014-2-5 — /travelprnews.com/ — This morning flight OS2763 of Austrian Airlines departed from Vienna to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. In addition to the many athletes and trainers, a total of nine previous Olympic medalists who have won… Read the full news article
• More than 70,000 extra Facebook fans in 2013 – average of 5,800 new fans a month, or 1,500 a week • Number of Twitter followers doubles to 18,000 members in 2013 Vienna, Austria, 2014-1-22 — /travelprnews.com/ — The Austrian Facebook channel just keeps soaring higher and higher – and has now exceeded 200,000 fans. The Austrian… Read the full news article
• Austrian national carrier to begin flying to Iranian capital once again from 11 March 2014 onwards • Five return flights a week to be offered between Vienna and Tehran Vienna, Austria, 2014-1-15 — /travelprnews.com/ — Austrian Airlines is to relaunch its services to the Iranian capital, Tehran, from 11 March 2014 onwards, depending on the final… Read the full news article
• Austrian Airlines increases its service to and from London by one flight a day • Now four return flights a day from Vienna to London • Even better connection to Austrian route network for businesspeople Vienna, Austria, 2014-1-13 — /travelprnews.com/ — Austrian Airlines is to increase its flight product to and from London: from 30 March… Read the full news article
• Austrian Airlines advertising account goes to PKP BBDO • New agency makes convincing pitch thanks to strong strategy and creative concept Vienna, Austria, 2013-12-23 — /travelprnews.com/ — Austrian Airlines has announced that it is to start the new advertising year by switching to a new provider, the agency PKP BBDO, from April 2014 onwards. In a… Read the full news article
The Lufthansa Group airlines improved sales (measured in revenue seat-kilometres) in November by 2.1 per cent year-on-year The passenger load factor rose Group-wide by 0.4 per cent to 75.9 per cent A total of 7.8 million passengers flew with a Lufthansa Group airline (an increase of 1.1 per cent year-on-year) Cargo business also developed positively,… Read the full news article
All aircraft in Austrian short-haul fleet given new cabin fittings and design 3,119 seats furnished in new leather upholstery in prestigious grey with red accents Entire Austrian Airlines fleet now flying with new cabin and unified appearance Vienna, Austria, 2013-11-12 — /travelprnews.com/ — Austrian Airlines has finished refurnishing and redesigning all its Fokker and Dash 8-400 aircraft…. Read the full news article
Representatives of the domestic aviation sector jointly hand over list of demands to the future government Ticket tax is a stumbling block for business and tourism Improved air traffic links to Europe’s railway system is necessary Harmonization of European air traffic control is long overdue Austria, 2013-10-23— /travelprnews.com/ — The domestic aviation industry, which accounts for 80,000… Read the full news article
Highest degree of travel comfort through full flat seats in Business Class and through comfortable Economy Class seats State-of-the-art on-board entertainment-system in Economy and Business class 31% rise in passenger satisfaction 2013-08-16 — /travelprnews.com/ — As of now all passengers on Austrian’s long-haul flights benefit from the advantages of its new cabin. These advantages include a… Read the full news article
Operating result up by EUR 20 million in the first half-year Austrian maintains its turnaround target for 2013 2013-08-05— /travelprnews.com/ — Austrian Airlines, Austria‘s largest domestic airline, succeeded in significantly improving its earnings in the second quarter of the 2013 financial year to EUR 21 million (Q2 2012: EUR 12 million). This strong increase was primarily… Read the full news article
2013-07-17 — /travelprnews.com/ — The aircraft of all airlines in the Lufthansa Group – Lufthansa German Airlines (including Germanwings and Lufthansa Regional), SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo –were better utilised in the first half 2013. Increased utilisation is attributable to more demand-driven and more flexible steering of capacity measured in seat and freight-tonne kilometres than… Read the full news article
Greece, Spain and USA preferred destinations Not just about sun and sand: culture main motive for travelling 37% of all Austrians already ‘fly’ abroad on holiday 2013-07-01 — /travelprnews.com/ — Crises may come and go. But Greece remains the destination of choice for Mr and Mrs ‘Average Austrian’. In a survey carried out recently, around one-in-eight… Read the full news article
2013-06-26 — /travelprnews.com/ — From now on Thomas Klappert (52) will take over the role of Vice President Cabin Crew Operations and will be responsible for the Cabin Crew Team at airberlin. His area of responsibility will include, for example, the recruitment and training of flight attendants. Klappert will report directly to Helmut Himmelreich, Chief Operation… Read the full news article
CHICAGO, 2013-05-21 — /travelprnews.com/ — The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) today welcomed new air service from Austrian Airlines at O’Hare International Airport. The airline will fly five times a week to Chicago from Austria’s capital city of Vienna. The service will be operated using a Boeing 767, equipped with a completely new cabin featuring new full-flat seats in Business Class,… Read the full news article
Airport Executive Board, US Ambassador and Austrian CCO open maiden flight Non-stop flights to Chicago five times a week featuring new Austrian long-haul cabin 26 non-stop flights a week to North America 2013-05-17 — /travelprnews.com/ — From today, Austrian Airlines is offering another North American destination in its flight schedule. Flights will leave for Chicago five… Read the full news article
40 euros for a seat in the emergency exit row Simply book extra red|legroom during Web Check-in 2013-04-16 — /travelprnews.com/ — Effective immediately, passengers can purchase additional legroom in the Economy Class on medium-haul flights of Austrian Airlines. Starting 36 hours before departure, customers can secure the coveted seats in the emergency exit row for 40… Read the full news article