This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics from Austria.
This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics from Austria, one of Aviation.Direct's two home bases. The latest information from Vienna, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz and Klagenfurt You will always find the latest information in this section.
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The Austrian aerospace supplier FACC has been honored by Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer with the 2025 Supplier Award in the "Outstanding Collaboration" category. This award took place as part of Embraer's Danish Supplier Conference and recognizes the long-standing and successful partnership between the two companies. Embraer is one of the company's most important customers.
An unexpected disruption occurred at the petrochemical plant at the OMV Schwechat refinery near Vienna on Tuesday morning. As a result of the outage, the so-called high-flare operation, in which excess gases are burned in a controlled manner, was initiated as an immediate safety measure. OMV confirmed the incident and stated that it is working intensively to resume regular operations.
Passenger traffic at Vienna Airport and its subsidiaries recorded slight growth in March 2025. Overall, the number of travelers in the Vienna Airport Group (Vienna Airport, Malta Airport, and Kosice Airport) rose by 4,1 percent to 2.993.138 passengers. At the Vienna site, the increase was 0,9 percent to 2.227.037 travelers. This development
Graz Airport is expanding its range of direct flights to Antalya, Turkey. Effective immediately, the Turkish airline Pegasus Airlines will offer up to four weekly connections to the popular holiday destination. This brings the total number of weekly direct flights from Graz to Antalya to eight, as the
The Austrian technology group Frequentis achieved significant growth in revenue and earnings in the 2024 financial year. According to the company, revenue rose by 12,4 percent to €480,3 million. Order intake recorded an even stronger increase of 15,7 percent, reaching €583,8 million. The order backlog at the end of the year was considerable.
Vienna Airport is taking a further step toward improving its service quality and is establishing a joint venture, "Vienna Airport Logistics GmbH," with international logistics expert Bradford Airport Logistics. The goal of the joint venture is to fundamentally renew the airport's supply chain. Starting in 2027, all goods flows for the new southern expansion will be transferred to Vienna Airport Logistics GmbH.
Condor is significantly expanding its flight offerings in the 2025/26 winter flight schedule. The expansion focuses on additional connections from Germany to Dubai, as well as increased frequencies to selected long-haul destinations in Thailand, South Africa, and Panama. The company announced this today. New to the winter schedule is a daily connection between Stuttgart and
Vienna Airport has received the prestigious Skytrax award for "Best Airport Staff in Europe" for the fifth time. This honor is based on the ratings of millions of passengers worldwide, who particularly appreciated the friendliness, customer focus, helpfulness, and competence of the airport staff in various areas such as check-in, security checks, lounges, and catering.
After a legal tug-of-war spanning almost a decade, the Republic of Austria has reimbursed FACC AG, a major Austrian aerospace supplier, an amount of 10,8 million euros. This sum was seized in 2016 as a result of the so-called “Fake President Incident” in China, in which the company was the victim of a
Graz Airport is the first Austrian regional airport to take a significant step toward carbon neutrality. A new, underground 400 Hz ground power supply has been installed at six aircraft parking positions, enabling emission-free and silent operation. The energy required for this system is partially generated by a new photovoltaic system on the roof of the parking garage, which
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