The CoV crisis has proven to be a real financial test for many airports. While positive numbers have been written consistently for years, today's reality looks anything but green. If the legislature did not intervene, airport charges would also drop - and thus revenue in turn. 

But at least this problem has been eliminated. “The financing of the Austrian airports is secured,” said State Secretary Magnus Brunner at a joint press conference at Graz Airport with the managing directors of the airport, Wolfgang Grimus and Jürgen Löschnig. Triggered by the Corona crisis, the Airport Charges Act and the Aviation Act were revised. Without a change in the law, the charges for Graz Airport would decrease by around 2026 percent by 45. 

"We have secured around 22 million euros for Graz Airport for the next five years," emphasizes Brunner. The federal government is taking legal action against this, because otherwise the legally permissible airport fees would rattle into the basement due to the corona crisis and the slump in air traffic.