The Local Austria https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Ryanair swoops to snap up Niki Lauda's Austrian airline Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair announced on Tuesday that it will take control of an Austrian airline from racing driving legend Niki Lauda for about 50 million euros ($62 million). https://www.thelocal.at/20180320/ryanair-swoops-to-snap-up-niki-laudas-austrian-airline Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:36:49 +0100 ryanair-swoops-to-snap-up-niki-laudas-austrian-airline Austrian Formula One legend Niki Lauda climbs back into the cockpit of the airline he founded Austrian former racing driver Niki Lauda has been selected to buy the assets of Niki, the budget airline he founded in 2003, the administrators of the former Air Berlin subsidiary said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20180123/austrian-niki-lauda-climbs-back-into-cockpit Tue, 23 Jan 2018 09:39:48 +0100 austrian-niki-lauda-climbs-back-into-cockpit World's shortest international flight of 8 minutes takes off The world's shortest international flight of just eight minutes took off on Wednesday, bringing travelers across the border from Switzerland to Germany on an Austrian airline. https://www.thelocal.at/20161102/worlds-shortest-international-flight-of-8-minutes-takes-off Wed, 02 Nov 2016 12:44:22 +0100 worlds-shortest-international-flight-of-8-minutes-takes-off Austrian airlines mandate 'two-crew' rule German and Austrian airlines on Friday joined other international carriers in adopting a new safety rule to ensure two crew are in a plane's cockpit at all times. https://www.thelocal.at/20150327/austrian-airlines-implement-two-crew-rule Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:07:00 +0100 austrian-airlines-implement-two-crew-rule Airline offers shortest international flight Passengers traveling on a new flight offered by Austrian budget airline Fly Niki from April will hardly have time to sip a coffee between take-off and landing. https://www.thelocal.at/20150107/airline-launches-shortest-international-flight Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:24:00 +0100 airline-launches-shortest-international-flight Seven hour flight becomes 40 hours of hell Passengers on a flight from Abu Dhabi to Düsseldorf ended up arriving one and a half days late after a series of disasters. https://www.thelocal.at/20150105/seven-hour-flight-becomes-40-hours-of-hell Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:07:00 +0100 seven-hour-flight-becomes-40-hours-of-hell Hijack alert sees Turkish plane's jet escort A Turkish Airlines pilot's mistaken activation of a hijack alarm triggered a high-octane security deployment at Vienna airport on Friday, Austrian police said. https://www.thelocal.at/20141128/hijack-alert-sees-turkish-planes-jet-escort Fri, 28 Nov 2014 23:54:00 +0100 hijack-alert-sees-turkish-planes-jet-escort Germanwings strike over but disruption continues Germanwings pilots have ended their six-hour strike which grounded 116 flights and up to 15,000 passengers of Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings on Friday. https://www.thelocal.at/20140829/germanwings-strike-to-affect-vienna-flights Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:01:00 +0200 germanwings-strike-to-affect-vienna-flights