Court gives final approval for third runway at Vienna Airport

Austria’s Supreme Administrative Court has granted permission for Vienna Airport to add a third runway. The airport, which has been considering a third runway since 1999, will now analyse the court decision and provide information about the next steps soon, airport operator Flughafen Wien said. "This decision ensures the long-term growth perspectives and competitiveness, not only for Vienna Airport but for the Austrian economy, industry, tourism and labour market,” Flughafen Wien board members Julian Jäger and Günther Ofner said. In March 2018, the Federal Administrative Court gave the go-ahead for runway construction, and the following October, the Constitutional Court dismissed citizens’ complaints about the planned runway. The airport is Austrian Airlines’ main hub and part of Lufthansa Group’s multi-hub strategy. <br/>