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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Austrian Airlines has increased the frequency on the Pristina route. The carrier is now offering up to three daily rotations between Vienna and the capital of Kosovo. Demand is high, the company said in a press release. "With our dense flight schedule to Southeast Europe, we are strengthening the position of our hub
The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air is once again postponing the start of numerous routes offered from Vienna-Schwechat. Among others, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund, Warsaw, Oslo, Skavsta, Lisbon and Madrid are affected. All of the routes mentioned should have been reactivated in July 2021 or early August 2021. Wizz Air has now postponed these to September
While the CoV restrictions are being lifted, the number of new infections is also rising again in this country. Around a third of all infections can be attributed to people's increased desire to travel. Holidaymakers are not only bringing souvenirs from abroad: According to the report, 31,1 percent of all resolved cases in calendar week 27 (5th to
The operating hours of Klagenfurt Airport were severely restricted until recently. Effective July 19, 2021, these will be extended to 7:00 a.m. to 20:00 p.m. For September 2021, the aim is to return to the opening hours that applied before the pandemic. Subject to the approval of the Ministry of Transport,
Since Saturday, Luxair has been operating a non-stop connection between Graz and Calvi on behalf of Rhomberg Reisen. The charter route will provisionally be offered on Saturdays until the end of September 2020. Airport director Wolfgang Grimus said: “We are also able to work with Rhomberg Reisen again after more than 10 years and have a new airline, Luxair, on the
Etihad Airways had actually wanted to fly to Vienna-Schwechat since mid-May 2020, but the first flight was postponed several times due to Corona. On Sunday the time had come and a Boeing 787-9 landed at Austria's largest airport from Abu Dhabi. "More and more travelers are returning to the skies and we
According to a recent survey, around 52 percent of Austrians are critical of the impending relaxation of the mask requirement on July 22, 2021. The opinion research institute Unique Research surveyed 500 people on behalf of the news magazine Profil. 45 percent of respondents, in turn, have no concerns if the mask requirement is to be relaxed from July 22, 2021 – except for
Austro-Control boss Valerie Hackl is not a fan of terms such as “flight shame” or “flying is a climate killer”. In the “Friday in the Arena” program, financed by Ökostrom AG, she counters that normal road traffic emits significantly more carbon dioxide than flying. “Aviation only accounts for three percent of global CO2 emissions, while road traffic accounts for around 18 percent.”
The “Green Pass” that was celebrated by politicians just a few weeks ago is becoming more and more of a dud. It was promised that those who had recovered, been vaccinated and tested would be able to travel freely, but the patchwork of different entry and quarantine regulations has not been eliminated. The
On Thursday evening at around 21:40 p.m., Flydubai landed at Salzburg Airport for the first time. The carrier now offers a year-round connection to Dubai. The airport describes the event as a "milestone in the airport's history." Transfers to Emirates flights are possible. "It's done! The negotiations surrounding this route were very
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