This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics from Austria.
This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics from Austria, one of Aviation.Direct's two home bases. The latest information from Vienna, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz and Klagenfurt You will always find the latest information in this section.
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From April 2, 2026, the Romanian airline Dan Air will expand its services at Vienna-Schwechat Airport with a new direct connection to Bacau. The airline, which is thus serving the Austrian market with scheduled flights for the first time, initially plans two weekly rotations. The flights will take place on Thursdays and Sundays, with flight times of...
Austrian Airlines will rely more heavily on external support to manage seasonal passenger volumes in its upcoming 2026 summer flight schedule. The Austrian Lufthansa subsidiary has entered into a wet-lease agreement with its Italian sister company, Air Dolomiti. Under this agreement, two Embraer E195 aircraft from the Italian airline, including crews, will be based in Vienna. This measure primarily serves to...
Heavy snowfall on Friday morning, February 20, 2026, brought operations at Vienna-Schwechat Airport to a virtual standstill. Due to the intense precipitation, the necessary clearing work on the runways, and the required aircraft de-icing, air traffic had to be completely suspended for a time. The airport management announced that takeoffs were expected to resume from [date missing].
The severe storm damage to Austrian Airlines flight OS434 in the summer of 2024 continues to occupy the courts and raises fundamental questions about the evaluation of flight data in safety-critical incidents. In a landmark ruling, the Higher Regional Court of Vienna upheld an appeal by the airline and the affected cockpit crew. According to the ruling, the flight data recorder and the
Flight connections between the capitals of Austria and Croatia will undergo a significant restructuring in the upcoming summer 2026 flight schedule. Austrian Airlines, the national carrier and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, is significantly reducing its service on the Vienna-Zagreb route. Instead of the originally planned ten to twelve weekly rotations, the current plan calls for only seven flights per week.
Taiwanese airline EVA Air is making a strategic change to its departure times from Vienna Airport starting with the 2026 summer flight schedule. From March 29, 2026, flight BR62, which serves the route via Bangkok to Taipei, will depart earlier at 16:00 PM. This adjustment applies to
Vienna's S-Bahn main line is facing its biggest test to date. Starting in September 2026, a 14-month major closure of the central rail section between Vienna Praterstern and the main train station will begin, lasting until October 2027. This construction project will have profound consequences for the connection between Vienna International Airport and the city center. Long-distance services will be affected.
Due to extensive renovation work on the Vienna S-Bahn main line, the City Airport Train (CAT) will be temporarily replaced by a bus service. From September 2026 to the end of October 2027, the rail section between Wien Mitte and Wien Rennweg will be closed to all train traffic. To maintain the connection between the city center and Vienna Airport,
The groundbreaking ceremony for Office Park 4 NEXT took place at Vienna Airport on Wednesday. Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner and airport board member Günther Ofner officially launched the project, which aims to further solidify AirportCity as a central business hub in the region. The construction project represents an investment of approximately 55 million euros.
The Vienna Airport Group started 2026 with a significant increase in passenger numbers. In January, passenger traffic across the entire group, which includes Vienna Airport as well as the airports in Malta and Kosice, rose by 5,0 percent to a total of approximately 2,56 million passengers. While the core Vienna hub saw 1,91 million passengers, the remaining 1.56 million passengers were also significantly affected.
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