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DDSG sets up Admiral Duck at Vienna Airport
The excursion boat operator DDSG has set up the company mascot "Admiral Duck" in a stately size at Vienna-Schwechat Airport. Furthermore, one advertises on the screens above the luggage carousel for the ship trips. In return

Long-haul routes: Austrian Airlines launches new catering concept
From mid-June 2023, Austrian Airlines intends to offer a revised catering concept on board long-haul flights under the “Tasty Austrian” sub-brand. On short and medium-haul routes, paid catering remains the order of the day

Greens and Aviation Reset call for a dividend freeze for FWAG major shareholder
Listed stock corporations usually cannot choose their shareholders themselves. Pretty much anyone can participate in trading in share certificates and, in the case of dividends, also benefit from them. this has

ECJ: Repatriation flights are not substitute transport
At the beginning of the corona pandemic, many airlines severely restricted or even stopped their flight operations. Partly because of blanket bans imposed by some governments, but mostly for economic reasons.

Applicant day: Wizz Air is looking for flight attendants in Vienna
The low-cost airline Wizz Air is again looking for flight attendants at its Vienna location. To this end, an applicants' day will be held on June 9, 2023 at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Vienna's fifth district. This one begins

Flughafen Wien AG wins two more awards
Flughafen Wien AG has won two prizes in the past few days: it took first place in the Vienna Stock Exchange Prize 2023 and won bronze in the Journalist Prize
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Overview: Salzburg before comeback marathon
The second largest airport in Austria, Salzburg, is expecting several first and comeback landings in the next few weeks. These include Transavia, Flydubai and Flynas, among others. Below is an overview. The prelude

Passenger numbers: Austria's airports “flew” differently through the lockdowns
In the first five months of the current year, a total of 22.982 passenger flights were carried out from the Austrian airports. There were 1.267.897 passengers on board. A fraction of the previous performance “before Corona”.

Salzburg celebrates comebacks from Hamburg and Istanbul
Salzburg Airport is now connected to Istanbul and Hamburg again. The airport sees the comeback of Turkish Airlines and the resumption by Eurowings as a clear streak of light on the horizon. To

Salzburg celebrates Lufthansa comeback
After a long “Corona break”, Lufthansa is back at Salzburg Airport. On Monday the crane landed back in Mozart's city at 10 a.m. This is the connection to the Star Alliance hub

Despite the crisis: Salzburg Airport doubles investment amount
The CoV pandemic plunged all airports into an unprecedented crisis, including Salzburg Airport. The financial losses have not yet been determined exactly, but one thing is certain: the airport must go deep into it

Barcelona as a new summer destination from Salzburg
Salzburg Airport is getting offspring: Easyjet will connect the Austrian capital with Barcelona in the future. In the course of the opening steps in Europe and falling entry restrictions, the carrier is also expanding its summer flight schedule from Austria. The
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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

Graz: Luxair flies to Calvi by charter
The tour operator Rhomberg Reisen will also be offering the Calvi destination from Graz in the 2021 summer flight schedule. This will be operated from mid-June 2021 with the DHC Dash 8-400 from Luxair. Will be flown
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Austria: Shops at airports can continue to open longer
From Wednesday, November 11, 2020, the opening times in retail in Austria will be limited. An ordinance has now stipulated that curfew is at 19:00 p.m. For travelers there is

King football also rules in the air
Due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, air traffic in Austria is currently more severely affected than ever before, so this autumn the football charter for our domestic European Cup starters is ensuring one

FACC delivers new A320 entrance area
The Austrian aviation supplier FACC AG delivered a complete entrance area for the A320 airspace cabin for the first time. After an intensive development phase, the first series components were now delivered to Airbus in Hamburg. Right away

Cargo Air expects an increase in the fleet
The Bulgarian Cargo Air, which specializes in cargo flights under wet lease agreements, will be expanding its fleet in the near future. A 23-year-old Boeing 737-400, which has been on an ad hoc passenger charter, is currently being used

Linz: Austrian Airlines postpones resumption of Düsseldorf
Austrian Airlines will not carry out the resumption of the Düsseldorf-Linz route announced for November 2, 2020. According to a company spokesman, the new date is "mid-January 2021"

The Netherlands and Germany cover Austria with travel warnings
The Netherlands and Germany are extending their travel warnings and the related quarantine obligations to other federal states in Austria. The Federal Republic now looks at all of Austria, with the exception of Carinthia, from a risk area. The Netherlands
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The Netherlands and Germany cover Austria with travel warnings
The Netherlands and Germany are extending their travel warnings and the related quarantine obligations to other federal states in Austria. The Federal Republic now looks at all of Austria, with the exception of Carinthia, from a risk area. The Netherlands

AUA wet lease: Lufthansa reactivates Innsbruck-Frankfurt
With the support of Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa will resume the non-stop connection to the Frankfurt am Main hub. The flights are operated by the AUA under LH flight numbers with Embraer 195. The

Innsbruck: “Absolute Zero” was in May 2020
Innsbruck Airport started 2020 with a five percent increase in passengers. In January 175.711 passengers were counted. The number of flight movements also increased by one percent to 1.587

Innsbruck boss Pernetta: "We look forward to every flight that takes place!"
Innsbruck Airport registered short-time work for the majority of its workforce with effect from October 1, 2020. Traditionally, the winter season is particularly important for the Tyrolean airport because there are so many skiers

Innsbruck restricts the operating hours
Innsbruck Airport will restrict its operating times from October 1, 2020. The majority of the workforce will - as reported - be sent back to short-time work. However, the airport emphasizes that

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
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Eurowings is pausing Klagenfurt-Cologne even longer
The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings is extending the flight break on the Klagenfurt-Cologne / Bonn route until at least April 1, 2021. The carrier actually wanted to fly again in February 2021, but again because of the two sides

Klagenfurt: stalemate between the public sector and the investor
The majority owner of Klagenfurt Airport, Lilihill Group, wanted to increase the stake and was in negotiations with the city of Klagenfurt and the state of Carinthia. Now these are supposed to be at least for the time being

Ex-assistant of the Lauda boss hires in Klagenfurt
The previous assistant to Laudamotion managing director Andreas Gruber has a new job: Maximilian Wildt has been Head of Airline Marketing at Klagenfurt Airport since February 1, 2021. For the now closed Ryanair subsidiary

Evaluation: This is how Austria's airports performed in the Corona year 2020
Austria's commercial airports were able to increase in January and February 2020, but on March 2020 it went down steeply in euros due to the outbreak of the corona pandemic. The months with the strongest

Klagenfurt: AUA employees refused to move to the airport
Klagenfurt Airport has to look around for new ground handling personnel because the 18 AUA employees who should have switched to the airport subsidiary Avisafe did not want to do so.

Summer 2021: This is what Eurowings is planning from Austria
Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings is currently planning to offer flights from Klagenfurt, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck and Vienna-Schwechat in the summer flight schedule of 2021. The carrier gave Aviation Direct an insight into the current planning status and
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