Ryanair CEO says eyeing flights from Vienna airport

BRUSSELS, March 6 (Reuters) - Ryanair is activelytalking to Vienna Airport about starting routes fromthe Austrian capital in the next 12 to 18 months, its chiefexecutive said on Tuesday.

Ryanair currently flies from Bratislava, across the borderin Slovakia, but is seeking access to the larger airport inVienna, as it moves towards serving more primary hubs.

"There's new management in Vienna airport, they're makingsome very progressive moves towards finally introducing some newroute incentives and some traffic growth incentives and thoseare very interesting," Michael O'Leary said on the sidelines ofan Airlines For Europe event.

That development follows news in February that BritishAirways-owner IAG will expand in Austria this summer. AustrianAirlines, owned by Lufthansa, is currently the largestairline in Vienna.(Reporting by Victoria BryanEditing by Sarah Young)