Austria’s draft GEAS law would cap family-reunification visas and delay reunions by up to three years
Vienna S-Bahn upgrade to shut central rail artery for 14 months; summer 2026 closures confirmed
Lufthansa’s 24-hour strike strands 220,000 passengers; Austrians urged to reroute via Vienna or rail
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Salzburg Airport adds Mediterranean routes but braces for Lufthansa strike disruption
Salzburg Airport’s summer schedule introduces new routes to Alicante, Cagliari and Genoa, strengthening its Southern Europe focus. Yet the airport has pre-emptively cancelled all flights to and from Frankfurt on 12 February because of a German Lufthansa strike, affecting Austrian passengers’ long-haul connections. Mobility managers should reroute travellers or use rail alternatives, while passengers retain EU261 rebooking rights. The episode highlights the fragility of regional air links just weeks before the EU’s new biometric border system goes live.
Vienna Airport breaks ground on €55 m ‘OP4 NEXT’ office park to serve growing AirportCity tenant base
Vienna Airport has launched construction of a €55 million, 17,000 m² office park that will create space for about 1,000 new jobs in its AirportCity complex. The expansion addresses booming demand from international companies that value direct terminal access and streamlined immigration procedures for foreign staff. By relocating administration away from the terminals, the project should also free passenger-handling capacity ahead of the EU biometric Entry/Exit System roll-out.