Operator is angry – Linz airport is not critical infrastructure

“With regard to the current gas crisis, we would like to inform you that Flughafen Linz GesmbH needs gas for heating purposes in case of emergency. The cargo and hangar space can only be heated with gas.” services of general interest.”

Important as a cargo airport
If the appeal of Linz gas seems exaggerated: it’s no secret, but little is known: During the pandemic, all Pfizer Covid vaccines from Brussels and all tools such as masks and protective gloves were imported with special flights from Asia via the Linz cargo airport . Draskovits concludes, “Linz Airport is also destined for its cargo night flight capabilities.” However, insiders suspect that the air defense minister would not be happy with too much airport infrastructure anyway.

“It’s all about large consumers”
“The federal government is working at all levels to secure gas supplies for the winter. From the rapid filling of the domestic storage facilities to the diversification of the supplying countries,” Gewessler spokesman Florian Berger said when asked by “Krone”: “An energy check would only be necessary in an absolute emergency. This reduces the consumption of large industrial companies to ensure the supply of critical infrastructure such as hospitals and private households. These are so-called large-scale consumers – with a gas consumption of more than 50,000 kWh per hour, who then need to consume less gas in a regulated manner. As far as we know, Linz Airport does not fall into this category at all.”