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28.09.2009

Austrian Airlines AG: Information about a change in voting rights 
pursuant to § 93 Austrian Stock Exchange Act

Austrian Airlines AG announces that  it  was  informed  by  ÖLH  
Österreichische Luftverkehrs-Holding-GmbH  that  the  latter  had  
exceeded  the  90  per   cent threshold in respect to its voting 
rights in Austrian Airlines. On 22  September 2009, Österreichische 
Luftverkehrs-Holding-GmbH (ÖLH) acquired 7,598,368  shares in 
Austrian Airlines. Accordingly, it now owns a  total  of  81,184,657 
shares, which corresponds to a shareholding of 92.11% (rounded to  
two  decimal  places) of the total issued share capital in Austrian 
Airlines (or 95.40% of the  voting rights when taking account of the 
treasury shares).

Owner, Editor, Distributor:  Austrian  Airlines  AG,  Corporate  
Communications  public.relations@austrian.com. Please find further 
information concerning the disclosure according  to  §§  24 and 25 
Media Act on www.austrian.com

Further inquiry note:

Austrian Airlines AG
Corporate Communications:
Mag. Martin Hehemann
Tel.: 05 1766-11231

Investor Relations:
Thomas Krammer
Tel.: 05 1766-13311

Branche: Air Transport
ISIN: AT0000620158
WKN: 875224
Index: WBI, Prime.market
Börsen: Wien / official market