Austrian Airlines

The airline reported the aircraft encountered a severe thunderstorm cell, resulting in damage to the cockpit windows, exterior coverings, and notably, the nose cone.

A hailstorm badly damaged a passenger plane approaching Vienna on Sunday, the airline said, as Austria grappled with violent thunderstorms and widespread flooding.

An Austrian Airlines plane had to return two hours into a flight from Vienna to New York -- after five of eight toilets broke down.

Pilots at German airline Lufthansa said today they will stage new walkouts on freight and long-haul passenger services on Tuesday in their long-running dispute with management over early retirement provisions.

Pilots for German airline Lufthansa announced they would extend until Friday a strike that has already hit tens of thousands of passengers and seen hundreds of flights cancelled in a dispute over a retirement scheme.

German airline Lufthansa cancelled around 750 short and medium haul flights today as pilots began a two-day walkout in a long-running dispute over early retirement.

A Turkish Airlines pilot's mistaken activation of a hijack alarm triggered a high-octane security deployment at Vienna airport on Friday, Austrian police said.

The airline reported the aircraft encountered a severe thunderstorm cell, resulting in damage to the cockpit windows, exterior coverings, and notably, the nose cone.

A hailstorm badly damaged a passenger plane approaching Vienna on Sunday, the airline said, as Austria grappled with violent thunderstorms and widespread flooding.

An Austrian Airlines plane had to return two hours into a flight from Vienna to New York -- after five of eight toilets broke down.

Pilots at German airline Lufthansa said today they will stage new walkouts on freight and long-haul passenger services on Tuesday in their long-running dispute with management over early retirement provisions.

Pilots for German airline Lufthansa announced they would extend until Friday a strike that has already hit tens of thousands of passengers and seen hundreds of flights cancelled in a dispute over a retirement scheme.

German airline Lufthansa cancelled around 750 short and medium haul flights today as pilots began a two-day walkout in a long-running dispute over early retirement.

A Turkish Airlines pilot's mistaken activation of a hijack alarm triggered a high-octane security deployment at Vienna airport on Friday, Austrian police said.