ABTN : "The Austrian government is to put up for sale its 43% holding in Austrian Airlines, the national carrier. A member of the Star Alliance, it owns regional carrier Austrian Arrows and Lauda Air, and has a 22.5% share in Ukraine International Airlines. The majority of shares is held as floating stock (48%) with the balance owned by Austrian institutional investors."
Flight News : "For the second successive year Austrian long-haul Business Class catering has been voted into first place in the international Skytrax Awards. The annual Skytrax survey among more than 15 million air passengers from 95 countries has again voted Austrians long-haul, Business Class catering service into first place. This represents real achievement as it confirms that the standards recognised in the 2007 survey have yet to be matched by other carriers."
Australasia World: "Salzburg, Austria - The Austrian city of Salzburg is not the first place most people would associate with the glamorous world of film but every year about 400, 000 people come here to visit original locations featured in the movie 'The Sound of Music'. 'It was the most successful example of location placement in the history of film making,' says Salzburg's tourist chief, Herbert Brugger.
The movie is almost universally known in Asia, the United States and Britain where many people can hum along to at least one tune from the film's score.
Hardly a Christmas goes by in the U.S. without the story of the von Trapp family and its seven children being broadcast on screens across the country."
Austrian Airlines adds Adelaide as International Departure Point: "Austrian Airlines recently updated their Australian fares product by including Adelaide as an international departure point. This addition allows passengers to travel with one of Austrian’s partner airlines, Singapore Airlines or Malaysian Airlines from Adelaide to either Singapore or Kuala Lumpur."
Travelcounsellors "Ski holidays in Austria are proving more and more popular among British holidaymakers as the country outperforms other destinations in Europe.
Strong growth in the Austrian skiing holiday market has come at the expense of winter sports destinations in Andorra and Italy.
The annual Crystal Ski Industry Report, revealed that during 2007-8 UK bookings of Austrian skiing holidays rose by 2.8 per cent to 21.8 per cent of the market."
Austria Tipped as Top Walking Destination: "Austria has been tipped as a top destination for those who enjoy walking holidays, by one industry body.
The Austrian National Tourist Board says that the 'culture-savvy outdoors type' will not only be able to enjoy great walking trails in the nation, but also soak up its 'ground-breaking' architecture.
'One highlight is Zaha Hadid's Bergisel ski jump, a futuristic structure that has come to be known as the Innsbruck Lighthouse,' says the tourist board."
Airline Travel News "Austrian Airlines is launching its Austrian Business Class on flights to Damascus and Astana, capital of Kazakhstan. Austrian Airlines will then rapidly extend this service to a number of other destinations: the Austrian Premium Service will also be available on flights to Tehran from 23 July, and to Cairo from 24 July."
Austrian reduces winter capacities on routed into USA: "Against the background of the current crisis in the aviation industry, high kerosene prices and reduced demand, the Austrian Airlines Group is evaluating a series of measures designed to optimise its own production. Now, in a first step, the company will be carrying out selective capacity adjustments in the coming months. The London City Airport and Chicago destinations will both be taken out of the schedule (from 18 August and the winter schedule respectively), while other targeted reductions will be made in Europe over the winter."
