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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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During the Austrian summer holidays in 2022, Austrian Airlines will fly more frequently between Vienna and Dubrovnik. On this route, the airline is in direct competition with the low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizzair. It is currently planned that AUA will operate nine weekly flights between the two cities in the calendar months of July and August 2022 instead of seven.
In view of the unstable situation in Ukraine, the Austrian Cockpit Association is concerned about the safety of crews who have to fly over Ukraine and/or Belarus. It demands that the authorities must guarantee a safe airspace for civil aviation. "The more soldiers and military equipment are stationed in disputed areas, the greater the
“A major investor is showing politicians where the journey to a more social Europe must go in aviation,” commented Daniel Liebhart, head of the aviation department in the Vida union, on a report by the German aviation portal www.aero.de, according to which a Danish pension fund is pulling out of Wizz Air as an investor because the low-cost airline has no
Gulf carrier Kuwait Airways plans to fly to Vienna-Schwechat Airport again in mid-June 2022. The comeback flight is currently scheduled to take place on June 12, 2022. The Kuwait City route will initially be operated seasonally. For the time being, the airline plans to fly twice a week between the two capitals. The plan is to use the Airbus aircraft type
Salzburg Airport will once again be able to offer a wide range of holiday options in the upcoming 2022 summer flight schedule period. Classics such as Greece are once again in focus, but there are also a few small new features. The destination Heraklion is offered by the airlines Corendon Europe and Eurowings, so this year there will again be two
As the new press spokesman, Jakob Reichsöllner is responsible for external communication. Thomas Murauer, responsible for digital marketing, will be deputy head of the department in addition to his other responsibilities. “We have a lot planned for the coming years, and for this we need a powerful marketing and communications organization both internally and externally. With the strengthened team, we are making the department for
At the general meeting held on Friday, the members of the Vienna Airport Friends Association elected a new board. Chairman Gernot Kastner and his deputy Claudia Winkler were confirmed in office. The other positions in the association's management were filled with new faces who were elected unanimously: The new treasurer is
As part of its European Council Presidency, France hosted an aviation summit on Friday. The so-called “Toulouse Declaration” was adopted, in which politicians, airlines, manufacturers and airlines spoke out in favour of climate targets. Vienna Airport has also signed the declaration – Vienna Airport has been pursuing a consistent
The comeback of the Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air at Salzburg Airport remains a veritable “never ending story”, as the last route announced for the end of March 2022 has been postponed. In the summer of 2020, Wizz Air surprised everyone by adding Salzburg to its route network at short notice. A whole series of destinations, including
After a long absence, the airline Ukraine International plans to celebrate its comeback in the summer flight schedule at Vienna Schwechat Airport as well as in Brussels, Düsseldorf, Budapest, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Nice, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Zurich, Venice and Vilnius. The company is currently planning to gradually resume flights from the beginning of June 2022. Some of the destinations mentioned
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