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VIE: Passenger numbers also increase in November
In November, too, Vienna Airport recorded a significantly higher number of passengers than in the previous year. Nevertheless, the level before the corona pandemic is still lagging behind. Total were at Vienna Airport

Wizz Air announces sixth aircraft for Vienna
The low-cost airline Wizz Air will increase the number of aircraft based in Vienna to six in June 2023. Frequencies will be increased on some routes and with Kuwait City and

Vienna: Ryanair discontinues Kosice, Sibiu and Suceava
The low-cost airline Ryanair will no longer serve the destinations Suceava, Kosice and Sibiu from Vienna-Schwechat, the company confirmed on request without giving any further reasons for the suspension. Suceava

Vienna: Wizz Air takes on Kuwait City and Bilbao
With Kuwait-City and Bilbao, the low-cost airline Wizz Air has announced two new routes for the 2023 summer timetable from Vienna-Schwechat. These are scheduled to begin in June 2023. It goes to Kuwait

Wizz Air is discontinuing three routes from Vienna
The low-cost airline Wizz Air will discontinue a total of three routes from Vienna-Schwechat. These are Catania, Bari and Bucharest. The connection to the Romanian capital will continue until

VIE: Emirates increases frequencies to Dubai
From January 01st, 2023, Emirates will once again be offering two daily connections between Vienna and Dubai. Emirates has been serving the Vienna-Dubai route since 2004 and currently carries passengers eleven times a week
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Play also flies to Salzburg in winter
The Icelandic airline startup Play will start the first route to Austria in the winter flight schedule 2021/22. The carrier will fly between Keflavik and Salzburg on Sundays during the main ski season. The seasonal

Salzburg: Eurowings increases Heraklion and Palma
The Austrian airline Eurowings Europe has stationed a second Airbus jet at Salzburg Airport since Thursday. The fire brigade greeted the machine with the usual water fountain. Airport manager Bettina Ganghofer

And now there are zero routes: Wizz Air cancels Salzburg-Varna
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air actually wanted to start a non-stop connection between Varna and Salzburg on Sunday. But it didn't come to that, because the carrier also said the last one for him

Eurowings stations second Airbus in Salzburg
The Austrian airline Eurowings Europe will be stationing a second Airbus jet in Salzburg from Thursday. With this machine, various holiday destinations are served on their own account, but also on behalf of tour operators. Eurowings

Salzburg Airport remains on short-time work
Austria's State Secretary for Aviation Magnus Brunner (ÖVP) said on Friday that the planned amendment to the Airport Charges Act (FEG) would mean that the Salzburg airport would receive around 35 million over the next five years

Salzburg: Wizz Air is also postponing Kiev again
The Salzburg comeback of the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will be even smaller than previously known. Only the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna will be offered in summer 2021. The admission should be on 13.
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Messe Graz secures shares in the airport
Messe Graz joins Graz Airport. As the Holding Graz announced on Saturday, a share of six percent in the airport will be transferred to the MCG (Messe-Congressgruppe). In return

Austria: Lufthansa depends on federal states for even longer
Lufthansa is shifting the connection to the Austrian federal state airports, in some cases significantly backwards. With the exception of Klagenfurt, which is not served anyway, there are normal connections to Frankfurt and / or Munich. These pause

Cheaper than in Vienna: Graz Airport starts corona tests
At Graz Airport, both antigen and PCR tests are now offered in cooperation with the Hygienicum Graz and NYR Consulting GmbH. These are chargeable and as a private service from

GRZ: Freight flights bring masks to Austria
Today at 15:30 p.m. the first of two cargo flights with the important medical cargo from China landed. The demand for high quality medical products - currently mainly FFP2 masks and

Smartline serves Graz-Stuttgart with the business jet
The Vorarlberg airline company has been serving the route from Graz to Stuttgart that has been suspended by Austrian Airlines for a few days on behalf of a German broker. Two circuits are carried out per week. For use

Graz: SkyExpress flies to Naxos for Springer
The charter route to the Greek island of Naxos, which has been idle since 2021, is celebrating its comeback in Graz in the 2015 summer flight schedule. The direct flights are operated by the Greek SkyExpress with ATR42 for the tour operator
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Clear ownership commitment for Linz
In view of the massive effects of the global travel and air traffic crisis caused by the corona pandemic on Linz Airport, its owners discussed possible scenarios with the airport management in a future talk. As

Innovative solutions from Jetfly and Globe Air for Linz
The two Linz-based airline companies Jetfly and Globe Air want to use innovative booking options to counteract the lack of connections in the winter months from Linz. Both bring flights with their private jets

Austrian takes off to Düsseldorf - Lufthansa continues to suspend Linz
Austrian has started selling tickets for Düsseldorf flights from Linz. However, the announcement by Lufthansa that it will drastically reduce the winter flight schedule due to the extremely low number of bookings due to the coronavirus crisis is still coming to an end

Quiet hello for the domestic flights
As part of the state aid for Austrian, it was agreed that short-haul flights to Vienna should be shifted to the AIRail offer of ÖBB as soon as this is feasible through improved rail infrastructure. From that

New airport bistro at Linz Airport
The new airport café and bistro called “Frederick & Sons”, operated by the catering specialist DoN, now shines in a new, appealing ambience at Linz Airport. The offer is not just directed

Is Prime Air coming to Europe anytime soon?
According to information from the specialist portal Skyliner Magazine, the Irish airline ASL Airlines Ireland has taken over a first, second-hand converted Boeing 737-800F, which is in the colors of the virtual logistics service provider Prime
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AUA: Mask trouble for FPÖ MPs
On Tuesday an absurd incident occurred on an Austrian Airlines flight from Innsbruck to Vienna. On board was the FPÖ member of the National Council, Peter Wurm, who after landing in Vienna

Netherlands: Innsbruck and Vienna are now risk areas
More and more countries are putting Austria and / or the capital Vienna on their risk lists and issuing travel warnings. Most recently, Cyprus took this step for the entire national territory. Well spoke on Tuesday too

Infections: Denmark also locks out Austrians
Austria is now classified as a risk area by another country: Denmark put the Netherlands and Portugal on the “red list” in addition to the Alpine republic. The federal capital Vienna has been since

AUA fleets the “Spirit of Alpbach”
With the transfer of the OE-LGP to Canada last Wednesday or Thursday, the phasing out of the Dash 8 fleet at the AUA is progressing again. After the corona-related decommissioning in March

Austria lifts all landing bans on Saturday
Passenger aircraft that have taken off in a total of 18 countries are currently not allowed to land in Austria. This will end on August 1, 2020, midnight. The government informed by means of the

University professor: "30-euro flight tax affects only a few"
Austria's Transport Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) announced the introduction of a 30 Euro air tax on short-haul flights up to a maximum of 350 kilometers away. At first glance, this would mean that many feeder connections would become massive
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Federal states: The airlines are planning to do this in winter 2021
In the Austrian federal states, the presence of Austrian Airlines is currently extremely low, because some routes are paused due to the “Corona flight plan” described by the carrier as a “minimum program”. This not only applies to Klagenfurt-Vienna,

Demolition: Klagenfurt removes 80-year-old hangar
Shortly before Christmas, the demolition of an 80-year-old hangar began in Klagenfurt. This has an impact on the police helicopters, because they have to be housed in a temporary arrangement. The premises for

Summer: the hot water program is slowly taking shape
The next few weeks and months may be critical to the success or failure of the 2021 summer season. It is hardly surprising that many airlines are planning their plans for the warm season

Austrian Airlines with first expansion plan for 2021
Austrian Airlines is now returning to the minimum program after the Christmas and New Year seasons. According to a spokesman, only around 2021 to 15 percent of the previous year's capacity will be in January and February 20

KLU shares: Negotiations are still ongoing
The negotiations between the state and KBV are dragging on. No graduation is expected this year either. 74,9 percent of Klagenfurt Airport belongs to the property company's Lilihill Group

Does an airport in Klagenfurt even make sense?
The pandemic is wreaking havoc on the entire aviation industry. The airports are also posting horrific numbers, especially regional airports are on the decline. This is also the case at Klagenfurt Airport, whose meaningfulness is now openly questioned
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