This Aviation.Direct section deals with aviation topics from Austria.
This Aviation.Direct section covers aviation topics from Austria , one of Aviation.Direct's two home bases. You'll always find the latest information from Vienna, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz , and Klagenfurt in this section.
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British airline and tour operator Jet2 have opened ticket sales for their 2027/28 winter sports flight program. The offer includes approximately 470.000 seats across 43 routes, operating from twelve British airports. Between December 2027 and the end of the winter season, eight destinations will be served.
A Norwegian Air Shuttle passenger plane made an unscheduled landing at Vienna-Schwechat Airport on Monday while en route from Norway to Croatia. The Boeing 737-800, registration LN-NHA, was operating flight DY1922 from Oslo-Gardermoen to Dubrovnik when, after approximately two hours of flight time, the crew...
Indian airline Air India will change its flight connections between the capital Delhi and the Canadian metropolis Toronto on August 1, 2026. The deployment of Boeing 787-9 aircraft will eliminate the current refueling stop in Vienna, Austria, on the route to North America. This operational adjustment will reduce travel time.
A serious security incident at Košice Airport in Slovakia on Tuesday morning led to a delay of several hours for Austrian Airlines flight OS654 to Vienna. A man, approximately 50 years old, gained unauthorized access to the airport grounds during the night and boarded an Embraer E195 aircraft parked on the apron.
The Neos party's city council group in Linz has submitted a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the full release of a business valuation of Linz Airport conducted by the consulting firm KPMG. This action was prompted by the disclosure of partial results from an analysis that assigned the Upper Austrian airport a negative enterprise value and a
Innsbruck Airport is expanding its border control infrastructure by erecting temporary container buildings directly on the apron. This measure is in preparation for the new European Entry/Exit System (EES), which will introduce improved digital controls for citizens of third countries. Since the time required per passenger will be reduced by
Austrian aerospace supplier FACC has expanded its collaboration with Indian company Kineco Aerospace. The agreement covers a second work package for the production of fiber composite components for aircraft manufactured by European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. Production of the components will take place at sites in India and will amount to several thousand parts per year.
At its Annual General Meeting in mid-June 2026, Tiroler Flughafenbetriebsgesellschaft mbH (Tyrolean Airport Operating Company) presented its financial results for the 2025 fiscal year. Despite changing conditions in the European aviation industry, the company recorded an increase in both revenue and net income for the past fiscal year. With total revenues of €44,8 million, profit before
Linz Airport faces significant financial and structural challenges, as highlighted by a new report from the auditing firm KPMG, commissioned by the City of Linz. The valuation indicates a liquidation value of only between two and four million euros for the operating company, while the valuation using the income approach even suggests a lower figure.
Romanian airline AnimaWings has launched a new scheduled service between Vienna Airport and Cluj-Napoca Regional Airport in Romania. Flights operate twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays, using Airbus A220-300 aircraft. According to the flight schedule, the planes depart Romania in the early morning and return after a short layover.
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