Austrian Airlines: Operated by Tyrolean

TransportAirlines & Airports ♦ Published: July 3, 2012; 20:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

The transfer of undertakings is completed. About 2,000 AUA staff members shifted to the regional airline Tyrolean.

Austrian Airlines: Operated by Tyrolean / Picture: © Austrian Airlines / Flickr Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

After months of unsuccesful negotiations and disputes, the controversial transfer of undertakings is completed at Austrian Airlines. AUA shifted ist operated to the own subsidiary Tyrolean. Since the beginning of the months, 460 pilots and 1,500 flight attendants are employed by Tyrolean.

AUA´s management board intends to achieve savings of € 263m per year. Personnel costs…