Situation at Vienna Airport
25.01.2020 First suspected Cases, stranded PAX
from China at NH Hotel at Vienna Airport
Flight CA842 to Vienna was cancelled because of
positive cases at origin. About 300 Persons from
China, travelling accross Europe, came from Chech
Republic and some of them from Province Hubei, 3
of them with symptoms like flue and fever
It took about 7 Hours to get a decision from
Austrian Authorities, what will happen, where to
bring them, etc.
At these days all suspected cases were brought to
a designated Hospital, in Lower Austria Hochegg
which is aprox. 100 km away from Airport.
Manual Temperatur Screenings were established on
Flights from Mainland China (Remote Stands only)
Vienna Airport was designated as EASA Testairport
regarding Infection Protection on Airports
January 2020