Christoph Schmidt Joins VIP & General Aviation Services at Vienna Airport

Christoph Schmidt has joined Vienna Aircraft Handling GmbH, where he will serve as Managing Director of VIP & General Aviation Services along with Michael Zach.

Christoph Schmidt studied business administration and business law in Vienna, at the St. Galler Business School in Switzerland as well as at the renowned Harvard Business University in the USA. During his studies he began work as an assistant to the executive board of Energie Burgenland AG. Shortly afterwards, he was promoted to the position of commercial director of Energie Burgenland Green Power GmbH before he built up the operations of the energy supplier “switch” as its sole managing director. Two years later he accepted a position in the Austrian Federal Chancellery as the deputy head of cabinet for the former federal minister for the EU, arts, culture and media. In addition, Christoph Schmidt has been a member of the supervisory board of Wiener Zeitung GmbH since 2018.

Vienna Aircraft Handling GmbH (VAH), a fully owned subsidiary of the Vienna Airport operating company Flughafen Wien AG, operates the VIP Terminal and General Aviation Center and has been a fixed-base operator at Vienna Airport for more than 20 years.