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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On January 27, 2024, Icelandair will celebrate a special comeback at Innsbruck Airport, as for the first time in over 40 years there will be a non-stop connection from Reykjavik. Icelandair will fly from Reykjavik (KEF) to Innsbruck and back every Saturday between January 27 and March 02, 2024. A
At Innsbruck Airport, there is now also a debate about whether the ground handling currently carried out by Austrian Airlines could be taken over by the airport. Nothing has been decided yet, but if it does happen, this would mean the final withdrawal from handling in the federal states. The now defunct regional airline Tyrolean Airways
In Tyrolean politics and business, Lufthansa's decision to suspend the Innsbruck-Frankfurt route served by its subsidiary Air Dolomiti at the beginning of the 2024 summer flight schedule period has not been well received. In addition, some politicians want to know that Austrian Airlines is also planning to cut the Vienna route.
The Innsbruck-Vienna flight connection was once a particularly profitable route in the network of Austrian Airlines and, before that, Tyrolean Airways. Several competitors who wanted to compete were successfully pushed out. In the recent past, Air Alps, SkyEurope and Niki, among others, have tried their hand at the domestic Austrian route. For passengers,
In the last two days it was announced that the Lufthansa Group will no longer connect the Austrian state airports Linz and Innsbruck as well as the German airport Friedrichshafen to its main hub Frankfurt am Main - at least for the time being. The three airports are now hoping that Skyalps will step in, but the South Tyroleans have
The Lufthansa subsidiary Air Dolomiti will no longer serve the Frankfurt am Main-Innsbruck route in the 2024 summer flight schedule. The Tyrolean airport says that the reason for this is that the Kranich Group has capacity bottlenecks. A replacement is not planned, at least not in the 2024 summer flight schedule. Innsbruck Airport points out in a press release that travelers will be offered alternative transfer connections,
Innsbruck Airport was able to achieve improvements in 2023 compared to the previous year 2022. These developments are particularly evident in passenger numbers and flight movements. Innsbruck Airport can look back on a successful year 2023. The airport handled 906.655 passengers last year, an increase of more than
The tour operator Tui Austria is launching charter flights between Innsbruck and Karpathos in the 2024 summer flight schedule. These will be operated by Eurowings Europe. In the period from May 21 to October 1, 2024, flights will depart from Tyrol to the Greek island on Tuesdays. Tickets are available as part of package tours as well as
On behalf of the tour operator, the Czech airline Smartwings will operate charter flights from Innsbruck, Linz, Salzburg and Vienna in spring 2024. From the Tyrolean airport, Boeing 737-700s will fly to Split once a week from April 30 to May 28, 2024. Thessaloniki will be operated by a tour operator from the beginning of April to
The South Tyrolean airline Skyalps intends to operate numerous scheduled routes with de Havilland Dash 8-400 on behalf of Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines. This was stated by owner Josef Gostner in an interview with a South Tyrolean daily newspaper. However, neither Austrian Airlines nor its parent company Lufthansa want to confirm the published statements. According to the
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