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Project launched to evaluate strategic options Positive net result not achievable in 2008 due to extremely high kerosene price

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09.06.2008
At the Extraordinary Meeting of  the  Supervisory  Board  on  9  June
2008  the Management Board has presented and the  Supervisory  Board 
has  acknowledged  a project to determine the additional result 
potentials that could be produced  by internal optimisation and extra
potentials  of  a  strategic  partnership.  The project is being 
carried out by the Board of Management of the company with  the 
support of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). It will  produce  
initial  interim results at the end of July and a detailed 
recommendation over  what  action  the owners should take by the end 
of September. Evaluation of the  possible  effects on the result is 
based on the current situation of the Austrian Airlines  Group, which
is under strain due to the high price of kerosene.
The  additional  costs  produced  by  the  extremely  high  kerosene 
price  and associated difficult peripheral conditions  are  currently
shaping  the  entire airline industry, which has adjusted  its  
expectations  for  the  current  year significantly downwards.
In preparation for the Meeting of the Supervisory Board, Austrian  
Airlines  has carried out new forecasts based on the dramatic 
increase in the  kerosene  price in recent weeks. Based on the 
current price of kerosene and the level of the  US dollar, the 
Austrian Airlines Group calculates that  its  additional  costs  for 
kerosene will reach EUR 130 million this year. Austrian  Airlines  
expects  that due to the introduced countermeasures these costs  will
not  fully  affect  the result and therefore expects that its net 
result for  the  financial  year  2008 will be within a bandwidth of 
between EUR -70 million and EUR -90  million.  The outlook for the 
financial year 2009  is  strongly  dependent  on  the  trend  in 
kerosene prices. While we do not believe that the oil price is likely
to  remain at levels of US$ 130 or more per barrel in the medium 
term, it is  difficult  to estimate when prices will  begin  falling 
again  as  the  situation  stands  at present. Due to the current 
situation in the  industry  the  previous  forecasts for 2009 are 
outdated. It will  not  be  possible  to  produce  reliable  result 
forecasts for 2009 and subsequent  years  before  the  results  of  
the  project become available.
For further information: Investor Relations, Dr. Prisca 
Havranek-Kosicek, Austrian  Airlines  AG,  Tel.: +43 (0)5 1766 - 
13311, Fax:  +43  (0)5  1766  13899,  e-mail:  prisca.havranek-  
kosicek@austrian.com
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sind  unter www.austrian.com auffindbar / Please find  further  
information  concerning  the disclosure according to §§ 24 and 25 
Media Act on www.austrian.com
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

Further inquiry note:

Corporate Communications:
Livia Dandrea-Böhm
Tel.: 051766-11231

Investor Relations
Dr. Prisca Havranek-Kosicek
Tel.: 051766 - 13311

Branche: Air Transport
ISIN: AT0000620158
WKN: 875224
Index: WBI, ATX Prime
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official market

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