AUSTRIAN AIRLINES ORDERS SEVEN AIRBUS AIRCRAFT.

Austrian Airlines has ordered seven new aircraft from the European Airbus consortium worth 3.3 billion Schillings (USD262.7 million). The airline said six A320s and one A321 would be delivered between March 2001 and June 2003. Austrian Airlines, which is still 51.9% state-owned, made the announcement after reporting a 76% rise in group pre-tax profit in the first nine months of the year. It said the extra investment in new jets would...