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Austrian Airlines Group will rethink its network as it restructures and will focus on high-volume routes rather than connectivity between Western and Eastern Europe, CEO Peter Malanik told ATWOnline at last week's Star Alliance event in Brussels.
As recently as two months ago, AAG remained interested in turning Vienna into "more of a continental hub" [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], but last week Malanik said, "Starting with the 2010-11 winter schedule, we will offer less connectivity and more volume throughout our network." Transfer traffic between East and West will shrink in favor of more capacity and more frequencies on trunk routes to Western European cities, he said. The airline will make a decision on reduction of its transfer business by next summer. "It should not be too much," he said.
OS now believes that VIE is a weak long-haul hub. While Star Alliance partners United Airlines and Air Canada each have launched service to Brussels since Brussels Airlines was announced as a member, no one has added flights to the Austrian capital. Malanik said he was "disappointed" by the lack of support, but admitted that the "catchment area around VIE is too small." As a result, OS will operate a minimal long-haul network. The current winter schedule features six 767-300ERs and three 777-200ERs, with a fourth 777 rotated in after maintenance.
Austrian's evolving commitment to Eastern Europe also will include the eventual sale of its 22.5% share in Ukraine International Airlines. "UIA has been an excellent met opener," Malanik said, but its likely privatization will give AAG the opportunity to find a buyer for its shares [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]. AAG was €242.3 million ($354.1 million) in the red through the first nine months of 2009.

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] has signed a long-term support agreement with [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Services covering 24 Fokker aircraft operated by the carrier.
The agreement is linked to the new FlyFokker programme, unveiled at the end of last year, which is designed to provide assistance to new and current operators of Fokker types.
Austrian's pact centres on the 'Take Care' module of the programme, aimed at supporting mature operators, and will apply to 15 Fokker 100s and nine Fokker 70s.

The support agreement is valued by Fokker Services at €130 million ($184 million) and extends to 2020. Austrian says the arrangement has been developed over the past year and is "crucial for the sustainable reliability and cost-effectiveness" of its Fokker operations.
Part of FlyFokker's 'Take Care' scheme aims to improve the aircraft for current and future users, and the Austrian jets are being fitted with new cabin lighting.
"We expect to fly our Fokker fleet for many years to come," says Austrian director for operations procurement Martin Schmidt.
Austrian's Fokker 70s are 14-15 years old while the Fokker 100s are aged 16-19 years.

The Rolls-Royce Tay-powered twin-jets are operated by its Tyrolean Airways division, under the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] brand.
The FlyFokker programme consists of four modules and Fokker Services has already signed up carriers for two others.
[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] is engaged in the 'Take Over' option, to phase out Fokker jets, while [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] is a partner for the 'Take Off' option for wet-leasing aircraft to new operators.

VIENNE, 11 mars 2010 (AFP)La compagnie Austrian Airlines (AUA), désormais détenue par Lufthansa, a réduit ses pertes en 2009 grâce à des mesures d'économie et veut renouer avec les bénéfices en 2011, selon un communiqué publié mardi.

2010 AFP

Austrian Airlines achieved its target results in the 2010 financial year.

The company reduced its loss from operating activities by 72 percent – from minus 230.9 million euros in 2009 to minus 64.7 million euros in 2010 – and achieved a positive EBITDA of 170.0 million euros (2009 figure: minus 71.9 million euros).

The company’s total revenues from operating activities rose by 3.3 percent to reach 2,150.7 million euros (2009 figure: 2,082.7 million euros).

Despite the difficulties caused by the volcanic ash and the fact that Austrian Airlines had to stabilise its capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) in 2010 due to the constraints set by the EU, the number of passengers carried by the company rose by 9.7 percent to 10.9 million people.


The Members of the Austrian Airlines Executive Board, Andreas Bierwirth and Peter Malanik, said: “You can see from these figures that our restructuring measures are having a real effect. We are moving in the right direction.

We should not kid ourselves, however: The restructuring of Austrian Airlines is far from being completed. We have a
great deal of work still left to do.”

La première compagnie aérienne allemande Lufthansa a annoncé lundi qu'elle n'espérait plus un bénéfice opérationnel de sa filiale autrichienne Austrian Airlines cette année.

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[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]'s former chief marketing officer, Thierry Antinori, is to become Emirates' new sales chief in October, according to a report in Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

Antinori would thereby succeed Richard Vaughan, who is to retire next month.

Emirates has declined to comment on the appointment.

Antinori left Lufthansa Group in late March just days before he was due to take the helm at [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] on 1 April.
He had served as the German carrier's chief marketing officer before he was, initially, appointed chairman for the Austrian subsidiary in December. Later in February, however, Lufthansa named him as future chief executive of the Vienna-based carrier.
When he suddenly left the company, Lufthansa said this was due to "career plans outside the group".

Austrian Airlines carried 715.300 passengers in February 2012. In spite of the crisis in the Middle East, Austrian Airlines has had a passenger increase of 10.5 percent in comparison to February last year.

The average passenger load factor, at 69.4 percent, was 1.3 percentage points over the figure for the same month last year.

The capacity measured in available seat kilometres (ASK) rose by 6.1 percent.

The figure for revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) rose by 8.2 percent.

In the period from January to February 2012, the number of passengers carried rose by 8.8 percent compared to previous year’s figure: 1,452,800 passengers flew with Austrian Airlines.

The load factor rose by 1.2 percentage points to 68.8 percent.

The capacity measured in available seat kilometres (ASK) rose by 4.8 percent.

The figure for revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) rose by 6.6 percent.

Europe

In February 2012, around 575,800 passengers flew with Austrian Airlines within Europe.

This is 12.3 percent more passengers than last year.

The load factor grew by 2.1 percentage points to 64.2 percent.

Austrian Airlines increased the ASK by 9.3 percent, the RPK rose by 13.1
percent.

In the period from January to February 2012, around 1,173,300 passengers flew with Austrian Airlines within Europe.

This is 11.4 percent more than last year.

The load factor rose by 2.9 percentage points to 64.6 percent.

The figure for ASK rose by 7.1 percent, and the one for RPK by 12.2 percent.

Intercontinental

In February 2012, the number of passengers carried on intercontinental flights fell slightly by -0.1 percent to 110.600.

The load factor, which is 73.2 percent, was 1.1 percentage points over the figure of the previous year.

Austrian Airlines increased its ASK by 1.7 percent. The figure for RPK rose by 3.3 percent.

Austrian Airlines carried more than 228,800 passengers in the period from January to February 2012, or 1.6 percent less than last year.

The crisis in the Middle East is having an effect here.

The load factor rose slightly by 0.1 percentage points to 71.9 percent.

Austrian Airlines increased its ASK by 2.5 percent. The figure for RPK rose by 2.6 percent.

Charter

In February 2012, passenger volume stood at 28,900, which is 20.8 percent up the previous year.

The load factor fell by 3 percentage points to 75.9 percent. Austrian Airlines increased the ASK by 34.9 percent.

The figure for RPK rose by 29.8 percent.

In the period from January to February 2012, Austrian Airlines carried 50,800 passengers in the Charter segment.

This figure is 1.2 percent more than last year. The load factor fell by 1.2 percentage points to 73.4 percent.

The figure for ASK rose by 12.2 percent, while the one for RPK rose by 10.4 percent.