Tag: Vienna Airport

Michael Zach takes over as head of ground services at Vienna Airport

Michael Zach has taken over the management of ground handling services at Flughafen Wien AG as of the 1th January 2024 and is now responsible for all cargo, baggage, and ramp handling as well as aircraft de-icing. Having worked at the airport since 2006, Michael Zach has been responsible for Sale...

Payload Asia Awards 2022: Awards for Airport Apron and Cargo Handling at Vienna Airport

Thanks to its Air Cargo Centre, Vienna Airport was honoured with the award “Ground Handler of the Year” by the trade magazine Payload Asia. The award acknowledges the top quality in the apron and cargo handling and underlines Vienna Airport’s excellent positioning as a high-performance, int...

Wolfgang Fasching heads new HiSERV branch at Vienna Airport

Wolfgang Fasching (50) has joined  HiSERV, one of Europe's leading providers of high-quality ground service equipment (GSE), as Head of Sales. In this role, he will also manage the new HiSERV office at Vienna Airport. From here, HiSERV will look after both the Austrian market and the airports on...

Vienna Airport receives much needed medical goods

On Tuesday two jets of Austrian Airlines arrived safely with its crews at Vienna Airport, bringing much needed medical goods in the fight against Covid-19, like protective masks from the Chinese city of Xiamen. Groundhandling workers immediately loaded these highly important products into truck...

Vienna Airport expands its renewable energy facilities

Vienna Airport has announced it will be building three new photovoltaic facilities with an output of 2,700kWp to complement the four plants that were installed in August 2019. The new units will be installed before the end of 2020 and this expansion of solar energy will help the airport reduce its ...

Vienna Airport and Wien Energie unveil new technology enabling rapid charging of electric vehicles

The Viennese utility company Wien Energie has announced they are testing the world’s first electric charging station applying the Chakratec flywheel energy storage technology, in collaboration with Vienna Airport. The flywheel charging system is able to ramp up the network connection output fr...

Vienna Airport gets final court approval for 3rd runway

Vienna Airport said it welcomes the decision by the Supreme Administrative Court in favour of a 3rd runway being built at the Austrian gateway - reversing an earlier ruling against the development. The court said the third runway is not intended for landings over the Vienna city area during norm...

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