• Better connection between Air Malta flights and Austrian flights in Vienna
• Deeper cooperation between Austrian Airlines and Air Malta in codeshare agreement from August 1st
• Six flights a week between Malta and Vienna

With the cooperation of Austrian Airlines and Air Malta, the two airlines are creating clear benefits for passengers: in the first stage of the cooperation, Air Malta flights have been better harmonised with the flight schedule of Austrian Airlines. Flights to and from Malta now connect perfectly with the Austrian Airlines transport hub of Vienna. As a result, Austrian passengers will find good transfer connections to Malta, while passengers from Malta travelling in the opposite direction will also be provided with a range of good connection options in Vienna, to and from continental Europe and to Austrian long-haul destinations. This helps passengers to save valuable time on their journey and gives them access to an enlarged network.

The cooperation will then be deepened further from August 1st onwards: under a new codeshare agreement, it will be possible to buy Air Malta flights at Austrian Airlines, while Austrian flights to Budapest, Gothenburg, Helsinki and Sofia will also become available through Air Malta. The offer for passengers becomes more attractive as a result, while flights to the destinations mentioned will be bookable at a single point of sale. The cooperation is also beneficial for the airlines involved, since the load factor of the flights offered will rise.

Christina Debbah, Vice President Global Sales & Distribution, said the following: “I am very pleased about the cooperation with Air Malta. Together, we can offer our passengers a strong product. The Austrian hub of Vienna is Europe’s fastest transfer airport, and we fly from Vienna to 105 European destinations.”

Brock Friesen, Chief Officer Commercial of Air Malta said, “Through this agreement, we are offering our clients seamless travel connection to destinations in Northern Europe. We are pleased that with this partnership we are offering both leisure and business customers access to a strong route network and growing range of destinations in Northern and Eastern Europe. Air Malta is continuing to enhance its codeshare list of partners with quality airlines to increase and improve its destination network.”

Flight schedule Vienna – Malta – Vienna
Austrian Airlines and Air Malta offer passengers six flights a week, and take a wide range of different customer requirements into consideration with the schedule.
On the route to Malta, Austrian Airlines provides passengers with good connecting flights to Vienna, enabling them to transfer in the Austrian capital and arrive in Valletta at midday. Passengers from Austria can begin their journey in comfort in the morning, while sun-seeking holidaymakers can head for the sun straight from the office on Friday evenings.
Passengers travelling from Malta will find very good connections in the Austrian route network both in the morning and in the evening. Holidaymakers can also use this schedule to enjoy the last day of their holiday, and leave it until Sunday afternoon to head for home.

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Vienna – Malta      Traffic days                            Departure    Arrival
KM 513 / OS 8711    Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday   10.15 a.m.* 12.30 p.m.*
KM 513 / OS 8713    Friday, Sunday                          7.35 p.m.   9.50 p.m.

Malta – Vienna      Traffic days                             Departure Arrival
KM 512 / OS 8712    Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday    6.50 a.m. 9.05 a.m.
KM 512 / OS 8714    Friday, Sunday                           3.55 p.m. 6.05 p.m.

*) Departure on Mondays at 10.20 a.m.; arrival at 12.35 p.m.

Flights are operated by Air Malta, and can be booked since yesterday, 21. June on the Austrian website at http://www.austrian.com. Also, flights are available at the Air Malta website at http://www.airmalta.com. Additionally, telephone bookings can be made at the Austrian hotline +43 5 1766 1000, at the Air Malta hotline +43 900 1212 33 or at travel agencies.

Austrian Airlines press release 23.07.2010

• Inauguration conditioned with positively concluded flight safety analysis
• Possible inauguration on 31. October, four flights a week planned
• Still five Austrian flights a week to Erbil in North Iraq

Austrian Airlines are planning to reincorporate their scheduled flights from Vienna to Baghdad from 31st October. The possible resumption is conditioned with a positively concluded flight safety analysis which is undertaken by the Austrian Airlines safety team in Baghdad in cooperation with national and international authorities. If this was the case, Austrian Airlines plan to fly four times per week from Vienna to Baghdad with the Austrian Premium Service Airbus A320. With the dedicated business class of 24 seats, these aircraft offer long haul comfort on short haul flights.

Austrian Airlines is a pioneer in Central- and Eastern Europe and in the Middle East: Since December 2006, Austrian Airlines are flying to Erbil in North Iraq. We could sustainably develop our position in Erbil and are currently flying five times a week from and to Vienna.

With the new destination Baghdad, Austrian Airlines return to the Iraqi capital and open up the second destination in Iraq: We initially incorporated the city into our route network in 1982. Flights to the Iraqi capital were then halted due to the Kuwait crisis in 1990.

If the flight safety analysis was concluded positively, the following schedule would apply:

Vienna – Baghdad - Vienna Flight Schedule for winter 2010*:

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Vienna - Baghdad                                              Departure       Arrival
OS 827             Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday         10.00 a.m.     4.00 p.m.

Baghdad – Vienna                                              Departure      Arrival
OS 828            Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday           5.00 p.m.      7.30 p.m.

*) local times, departure and arrival times are subject to minor change

The four Austrian Airlines flights from Baghdad to Europe are being coordinated within the Lufthansa Group: Austrian Airlines is flying on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Lufthansa will also be flying to Baghdad four times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Lufthansa flights will depart from Munich. By coordinating their services, therefore, Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines will offer one return flight a day between Europe and Baghdad, with two flights a day on Sundays.


Austrian Airlines AG, Corporate Communications 14.07.2010

Starting on 1 July 2010, Austrian Airlines will fly directly to Dnepropetrovsk once again

Starting on 1 July, Austrian Airlines will fly to Dnepropetrovsk once again. This is a result of discussions between the EU authorities, the Ukrainian and Austrian authorities and Austrian Airlines. Until then, the flights will continue to divert to the Zaporozhye airport, which is approximately 70 kilometres away from Dnepropetrovsk. Austrian Airlines will continue to offer its passengers free bus transfer service between the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye airports.

Previously Austrian Airlines had to modify its flight programme: Since 1 May 2010, Austrian Airlines has flown to Zaporozhye instead of Dnepropetrovsk. The reason for this was that the Dnepropetrovsk airport had reported that due to remodelling work on the runway, there could be problems with the slot and therefore Austrian Airlines could not fly. The airport offered Austrian Airlines another slot. However, this was so inconvenient time-wise that Austrian saw itself forced to fly to the Zaporozhye airport. From there, Austrian Airlines bussed the passengers to Dnepropetrovsk. However, after it became clear that other airlines could fly to Dnepropetrovsk again, Austrian Airlines reported this unfair treatment to the EU commission and the Austrian authorities.

Flight schedule
Vienna – Dnepropetrovsk : OS 675 daily 10:40 a.m. 1:55 p.m.
Dnepropetrovsk - Vienna : OS 676 daily 2:50 p.m. 4:25 p.m.

The Austrian flights to Kiev, Donets`k, Kharkiv, L‘viv und Odessa are being carried out as planned.

Austrian Airlines press release 28/06/2010

Traffic Result of the Austrian Airlines Group for May: Considerable growth in passenger volume by new market strategy

• Austrian Airlines transports 16.1 percent more passengers in May 2010 than in same month last year
• Particularly strong passenger growth on European routes: plus 22.8 percent

The Austrian Airlines Group carried 1.015 million passengers in May 2010. This means Austrian Airlines carried a total of 16.1 percent more passengers in May 2010 than in May 2009. The flight load factor rose by 4.3 percentage points to 74.8 percent. We reduced capacity measured in Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) by 3.9 percent. Demand measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometers (RPK) rose by 10.3 percent.

The members of the Austrian Airlines Executive Board, Andreas Bierwirth and Peter Malanik, said the following: “The strong passenger growth shows that our new, active market strategy, Austrian Next Generation, is taking effect. Passengers are coming back to Austrian.”

In the period from January to May 2010, the number of passengers carried, at around 3.9 million, was 6.9 percent above the previous year’s figure. Without the restrictions imposed due to the cloud of volcanic ash, the level of growth in the first five months of the year would have been in double figures. The load factor rose by 3.2 percentage points to 73.2 percent. We reduced our ASK by 2 percent. RPK rose by 2.4 percent.

Europe
In May, around 815,100 passengers flew with Austrian Airlines within Europe. Compared to the same month last year, this means 22.8 percent more passengers flew with us. The load factor rose by 2.9 percentage points to 72.2 percent. The figure for ASK rose by 16.5 percent. RPK rose by 21.4 percent.

In the period from January to May 2010, we carried around 3.1 million passengers in Europe. This means we are 11 percent up on the previous year. The load factor rose by 1.2 percentage points to 65.6 percent. The figure for ASK rose by 7.8 percent, and that for RPK by 9.8 percent.

Intercontinental
The number of passengers carried in the Intercontinental segment rose by 11.1 percent to 145,900 in May. We reduced our ASK by 1.2 percent, and increased the load factor by 7.4 percentage points to 78 percent. RPK rose by 9.1 percent.

In the period from January to May 2010, we carried 636,000 passengers, the equivalent of an increase of 3.8 percent on the same period last year. The load factor improved by 6.9 percentage points to 80.1 percent. We reduced our ASK by 5.4 percent. RPK rose by 3.5 percent.

Charter
With the new market strategy of Austrian Airlines we are using more of our available capacity for Scheduled business. This is leading to a reduction in Charter business in 2010.
We carried 53,800 passengers in the Charter segment in May, 32.2 percent fewer than in the comparison month last year. The load factor fell by 6.4 percentage points to 67.9 percent. We reduced our ASK by 25.7 percent. The figure for RPK fell by 32.1 percent.

In the period from January to May 2010, we carried 195,500 passengers in the Charter segment. This figure is 28.5 percent lower than last year. The load factor fell by 3.7 percentage points to 73.8 percent. We reduced our ASK by 27.5 percent. The figure for RPK fell by 30.9 percent.

AUA press release 10 June 2010

• Austrian Airlines increases capacity to India
• Launch of non-stop flights from Mumbai to Vienna
• More flights per week to New Delhi in addition
• Two flights to the Maldives in high season

Austrian Airlines is expanding the long-haul capacity in its 2010/2011 Winter Schedule. From 31 October 2010 onwards, we will start our service of scheduled flights to the Indian metropolis of Mumbai. The Indian capital, New Delhi, is one of the country’s key economic centres and an important trading hub.

Mumbai flight schedule
Flight number Flight days Flight times
Vienna-Mumbai OS35 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 10.40 a.m. – 11.30 p.m.
Mumbai-Vienna OS36 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday 1.45 a.m. – 5.40 a.m.*
* Currently scheduled flight time; possibly subject to change.

Mumbai is also of interest to tourists: the city is a traffic hub for those visiting the country – the ‘Gateway to India’ – and a major cultural centre with universities, theatres, museums, galleries and imposing architecture.

More frequencies to New Delhi
Austrian Airlines is also increasing its frequencies to New Delhi. Last winter, we flew to India’s second-largest city five times a week, and the 2010/2011 Winter Schedule will see us begin providing six flights a week. We also offer flights to New Delhi on Tuesdays.

New Delhi flight schedule
Flight number Flight days Flight times
Vienna- New Delhi OS33 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 1.20 p.m. – 1.10 a.m. (next day)
New Delhi-Vienna OS34 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 2.30 a.m. – 6.00 a.m.*

To Paradise with Austrian Airlines: more flights to the Maldives
Austrian Airlines flights once a week non-stop from Vienna to the Maldives using a Boeing 777. Flights to the Maldives are in particularly high demand in the winter months. For this reason, we are increasing our capacity by one frequency in high season, when we will be flying twice a week, on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Vienna to Male.

Maldives flight schedule
Flight number Flight days Flight times Flight schedule
Vienna-Male OS45 Wednesday 8.40 p.m. – 9.45 a.m. (next day) 3 November 2010 – 28 April 2011
Male-Vienna OS46 Thursday 11.30 a.m. – 5.25 p.m.* 3 November 2010 – 28 April 2011
NEW: Vienna-Male OS45 Friday 8.40 p.m. – 9.45 a.m. (next day) 24 December 2010 to 26 February 2011
NEW: Male-Vienna OS46 Saturday 11.30 a.m. – 5.25 p.m. 24 December 2010 to 26 February 2011

Austrian Airlines AG, Corporate Communications