!!!Flughafen Wien AG

Flughafen Wien AG, joint-stock company listed on the Stock Exchange, 
successor to the Betriebsgesellschaft des Wiener Flughafens founded in 
1954, runs Vienna International Airport. The Vienna Airport was built 
in 1938 for military purposes on a stretch of land between Schwechat 
and Fischamend and taken over by the Allied forces in 1945. As the 
importance and volume of air traffic increased ( Austrian Airlines 
Oesterreichische Luftverkehrs AG) the facility was gradually extended: 
In 1959 the runway was extended to 3000 m in length, a new 
terminal building was erected in 1960 and a second runway of   
3600 m length built in 1972. In 1982 the airport was linked with 
Vienna by a motorway (A4). The World Trade Center was opened in 1990 
and the new Terminal 1 in 1992. The Pier West terminal was completed 
in 1996 and a year later the older runway extended to 3500 m. 
Vienna International Airport is the most important of the Austrian  
Airports and handled more than 9.7 million passengers in 1997; 
total turnover amounted to ATS 4.1 billion and the number of employees 
to 2400.

!Literature
H. Lunzer, Flughafen Wien-Schwechat: eine 
politisch-oekonomische Analyse der Entstehungsgeschichte 1938-1960, 
doctoral thesis, Vienna 1994.


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