Klagenfurt Airport was partially privatized in 2018. Today the meeting of the control committee of the state parliament took place in the course of this. The topic was the report by the State Audit Office on the partial privatization of the airport.

An investor increased the capital of the airport operating company and received 74,9 percent of the shares. The State Audit Office examined these processes and submitted its results to the State Government at the end of September. A few days later the control committee met and examined how 5min.at reported. In the course of this, the summoning of numerous informants was unanimously decided - including the well-known Carinthian tax advisor and airport deal critic Johann Neuner.

"We will continue to shed light on the airport cause," said Team Carinthia and state parliament control committee member Gerhard Köfer. “Today it was ensured that a large number of informants must appear before the committee. It is important to me that we deal with the matter completely, which is why, in addition to the most important proponents of the state, representatives of the Carinthian participation administration, the provincial capital of Klagenfurt and the airport are invited to the committee meeting to provide information. " 

“The report of the State Audit Office on the partial privatization of the airport shows highly questionable processes. It is frightening how public contracts are awarded to lawyers in Carinthia. It must also be clarified what happens to the around 13 million euros in marketing contributions that the state has given the airport and that have now been repaid by the airlines for subsidy reasons and are in an escrow account. The Court of Auditors sees massive failures here, ”said Gernot Darmann, chairman of the control committee and chairman of the FPÖ.