![]() Additionally, the plan called for streamlined security control. These projects included a new office park, railway station, cargo center, general aviation center, air traffic control tower, terminal, and runway. To accommodate future growth, in 1998 Vienna Airport published a master plan that outlined expansion projects until 2015. A VIP- and general aviation-terminal, including a separated apron, opened in 2006. From 2004 to 2007, an Office Park had been erected offering 69,000 m 2 (740,000 sq ft) of rentable space. It allows a free overview of the entire airport area and offers a night laser show, which aims to welcome the passengers even from the aircraft. In 2006, the 109 m (358 ft) tall control tower started operating. In 1996, Pier West with 12 jetbridges became operational. In 1992, the new Terminal 1 was opened and a year later the shopping area around the plaza in the transit area of the B, C and D gates was opened. The shares are part of the Austrian Traded Index. The state of Lower Austria and the City of Vienna each hold 20% of the shares, the private employee participation foundation holds 10%, with the remaining 50% held privately. įlughafen Wien AG, one of the few publicly traded airport operators in Europe, was privatised in 1992. On 27 December 1985, the El Al ticket counter was attacked by Abu Nidal, a Palestinian terrorist organization that simultaneously conducted a terrorist attack at Fiumicino Airport in Rome. In 1986, the enlarged arrivals hall was opened, and in 1988 Pier East with 8 jet bridges was opened. In 1982, the airport was connected to the national motorway network ( Ostautobahn). The erection of the new airport building began in 1959. There was just one runway, which in 1959 was expanded to measure 3,000 m (9,843 ft). In 1954, the Betriebsgesellschaft was founded, and the airport replaced Aspern Airfield as Vienna's (and Austria's) principal aerodrome. Originally built as a military airport in 1938 and used during World War II as the Heinkel firm's southern military aircraft design and production complex, or Heinkel-Süd facility, it was taken over by the British in 1945 and became RAF Schwechat under the occupation of the country. ![]() The airport features a dense network of European destinations as well as long-haul flights to Asia, North America and Africa. It is capable of handling wide-body aircraft up to the Airbus A380. ![]() It is the country's largest airport and serves as the hub for Austrian Airlines as well as a base for low-cost carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air. The Austrian Aeronautical Information Publication calls the airport the Wien-Schwechat Airport in English. Vienna Airport (formerly branded as Vienna International Airport, German: Flughafen Wien-Schwechat IATA: VIE, ICAO: LOWW) is the international airport of Vienna, the capital of Austria, located in Schwechat, 18 km (11 mi) southeast of central Vienna and 57 kilometres (35 mi) west of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. ![]()
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