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Austrian Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Office Park 2 on the grounds of Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Wien-Umgebung and a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
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XE) chief financial officer, Stephan Gemkow, will leave the company at his own request to become chief executive of German closely-held investment firm Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, both companies said in separate statements Wednesday.Lufthansa, Europe's biggest carrier by passenger numbers, said that Gemkow had requested an early termination of his contract, which would have ended on May 31, 2014.His request could be approved at the next meeting of the airline's supervisory board scheduled for May 7, Lufthansa said. It added that it intends to select a successor to Gemkow "promptly."The comment came after Haniel earlier Wednesday announced that Gemkow has been chosen as new CEO of the company that owns a majority stake in Germany's largest retailer, Metro AG (MEO.XE).His appointment as CEO of Haniel is still subject to approval by the company's supervisory board, a Haniel spokesman said.The departure from Lufthansa of 52-year old Gemkow--a key figure behind th...FRANKFURT -( Dow Jones )- German flagship carrier Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA.XE) said Monday passenger volume in June rose 6.4% to 5.88 million compared to a year ea...
A handful of international airlines continued service to Cairo on Monday, rescheduling flights around the expanded curfew imposed by Egypt's authorities as thousands...
