INTERVIEW
Times are difficult, but the future is rosy

Herbert Kaufman is the CEO of Flughafen Wien AG, operators of both Vienna International Airport (VIE) and the Malta International Airport (MIA). SAVIOUR BALZAN caught up with him at the company’s new premises at the Austrian capital. According to Kaufman: “VIE was one of the first airports to be partially sold off by the government back in 1992. Since then many parties have benefited from the VIE privatisation, including airlines leading towards higher service and quality standards.”>>

EDITORIAL
Reinstating confidence in the VAT department
It is not known whether Tonio Fenech had another alternative to reporting the VAT fraud allegations to the police after a prominent businessman tipped him off on the sordid goings-on at the department. >>

OPINION
George M. Mangion
Captives - Flying the Maple leaf
It was a sunny afternoon last week as I landed at Toronto‘s modern airport which to my surprise was blessed with a sunny breeze in the 20 degrees Celsius. >>