{"id":118677,"date":"2020-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/austrian-airlines-requests-state-aid-to-save-jobs-and-maintain-vienna-as-a-long-haul-transfer-hub\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:13:32","slug":"austrian-airlines-requests-state-aid-to-save-jobs-and-maintain-vienna-as-a-long-haul-transfer-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/austrian-airlines-requests-state-aid-to-save-jobs-and-maintain-vienna-as-a-long-haul-transfer-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian Airlines requests state aid to save jobs and maintain Vienna as a long-haul transfer hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Austrian Airlines is in negotiations with the Government regarding state aid between 500 and 800 million EUR to save jobs and keep Vienna as a transfer hub for long-distance flights, the Austrian airline announced, adding that discussions are in a preliminary stage and could last several weeks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Austrian Airlines, a subsidiary of the German Lufthansa group, announced that layoffs could occur.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lufthansa, which closed the low-cost operator Germanwings, reduced the number of flights and working hours in an attempt to cope with a health crisis that forced governments to impose draconian travel restrictions.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How much state aid is Austrian Airlines requesting?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The airline is negotiating for a state aid package valued between 500 and 800 million EUR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is this aid necessary for the airline?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The funds are intended to save jobs and ensure Vienna remains a key transfer hub for long-haul flights during the travel crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is Austrian Airlines part of a larger group?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, Austrian Airlines is a subsidiary of the German aviation giant, Lufthansa Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austrian Airlines is in negotiations with the Government regarding state aid between 500 and 800 million EUR to save jobs and keep Vienna as a transfer hub for long-distance flights, the Austrian airline announced, adding that discussions are in a preliminary stage and could last several weeks. Austrian Airlines, a subsidiary of the German Lufthansa&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":68055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118677"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}