Countdown The Last Days of Austrian Airlines' Station JFK

As a company in North America in 2009 was a transitional year for Austrian Airlines. Airlines debt and low competition and high fuel prices, economic stability created by the deterioration of the financial situation, unable to reverse the steadily decreasing, and Lufthansa German Airlines in July with the agreement, under which cash obligations and considered won the majority of the shares until its existence is threatened, he concluded. Two months after it received EU approval of the acquisition.

Sources of jobs such as international companies that have been forced to outsource and then succumbed to several acquisitions, it has many significant changes, especially from John F. Kennedy Airport station is located.

This is how the final chapter unfolded.

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Find investment partners to restore financial viability, Austrian Airlines explored several options, but the first March 2, 2009 incident, when the Austrian Airlines Group, Lufthansa public offer for the triangular carrier was introduced to solve state holding company after it reached an agreement with a 41.56 percent stake. € 4.46 per share performance, however, the holding company for antitrust immunity and the state 500 million euros in restructuring aid was dependent on approval. It also acquired 75 percent of the voting shares and at least Vthanza than depending on a permanent.

North America and the clock is already underway, and over a range of trips and duty to negotiate the new agreement is predicted to take his fate. On March 26, 40 and 20 of the Austrian Airlines transatlantic service in both age jubilee is celebrated, and, bittersweet occasion because it does not look likely to achieve other, at least not with your employees.

In fact, Toronto's oldest trips an agreement on duty all the operations which are deemed to be made by Lufthansa was reached, eliminating the need for employees. This became the first of only three.

Spring is usually referred to renew, but not the Austrian staff contracts. Canada's second visit, in April, for a change, John Kennedy Director Michael Steinbuegl a central loading station director Dorit passenger duty to deal with the components of the control seen with overseeing.

With the dawn of May, even before John F. Kennedy airport staff left. Jenner, out next as a proxy for a "necessary budget cuts," due to an empty seat for three years worked for ticket sales, bookings, Sidonie, department heads, and it is a void sounded like, and strongly symbolic for missed family members keep.

Continued dismantling. Next month, on the tenth pass Whitestone, North America, Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines reservation Castle torch, or whether it was possible to copy airlines "Black Friday is considered"

If there were any doubt about hitting a tack hammer, the 28th August, the European Commission formally Lufthansa, the holding company itself, and state aid for the restructuring of the merger between the two companies of 500 million euros approved the acquisition of up to occur. Order to achieve the required antitrust immunity, however, agreed that the key slot on the Lufthansa flight to Vienna and Brussels, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart to reduce the number of flights.

It was determined in Austrian Airlines, in this case one of the many independent and career to become the European hub Vienna-based traffic in Central and Eastern European destinations for a feeding.

John F. Kennedy staff and flight duty emotionally hard to Austria decreased in the fall, which was pulling the plug on plants in North America, and continued.

Austrian Lufthansa ticket knowledgeable staff on procedures, the two managers have left the ground in Vienna, New York to discuss the details of the deal.

His death was confirmed inevitability stations mound: Lufthansa holds that later in the year, ground handling and a director of the John F. Kennedy Center and in all but two of their contractual duty (including the author) director will be released. Even this, however, the six-month ban.

The news, which remove wing aircraft in flight, causing feelings to spiral to the ground, disbelief, depression, resulting in equivalent, and it is only when the contract of John Kennedy on November 16 will be canceled ground Swissport informed the head of the operation becomes difficult.

Sharing the fate of the station with a full-time staff, Patrick, Austrian Ayrlains- Swissport Account Manager, words that can not be achieved to try to minimize the blow.

Sadness, resignation thick crowd and smoke suspended in the air like a plane.

To relax around the clock continued to arm and began to filter anticipated parting words. Austrian Airlines terminal at Washington Dulles International Airport Long Director, regularly, for example, the telex sent on September 14.

"You may have heard," he wrote, "and Vthanza station we will take care of tomorrow. Therefore, it is time to say goodbye to me.

"It is not easy, a lot of great people I met during my years at Austrian Airlines, and I had the chance to learn a lot. With this, I have all my support and friendship over the past few years want to thank you. "

Such short chain of dominoes, and Washington in the fall as the second of three North American plants.

Whatever value because it serves small, and a "group therapy" session with all the daily press to finish so that Austrian Airlines and Swissport staff about arrears can explore their feelings elected "disintegration of the family."