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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The Austrian retail group Spar will reopen its branches at airports and train stations during regular opening hours from May 19, 2021. Until now, there have been restrictions due to the orders of the federal government. In Vienna and Graz, for example, there are Spar supermarkets in the terminals. These – unusual for airports – had to close due to
At present, train journeys between Vienna and Berlin require a lot of patience, as the ideal journey takes nine hours. This is set to change, as in the future the journey time is to be reduced to four hours and five minutes. The transport ministers of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic signed an agreement to this end. This provides for
The low-cost airline Wizz Air has again postponed the resumption of its flights to Salzburg. This is a tried and tested pattern that the low-cost airline has been practicing since its temporary withdrawal from the city of Mozart, which took place without much fanfare. In the summer of last year, Wizz Air announced some
Terminals 1, 1A and 2 of Vienna-Schwechat Airport have been closed since mid-March 2020. The reason for the measure was simple: within a few days, the corona pandemic, which had "side effects" such as flight and entry bans as well as a lockdown, had collapsed so dramatically that the largest airport was completely empty.
Two Austrian Airlines passengers had to fight for their refunds for almost a year. An intervention by the Vienna Chamber of Labor also did not result in AUA giving in, so the matter ended up in court. Only then did the Lufthansa subsidiary pay back the money. Background: Even before the Corona pandemic, in February 2020,
From May 21, 2021, the visitor terrace at Vienna-Schwechat Airport will be open again daily from 13:00 p.m. to 19:00 p.m. Due to the current COVID-19 protective measures, FFP2 masks are mandatory on the visitor terrace, a minimum distance of two meters and a maximum number of 80 people apply. To access the visitor terrace,
Hard landings can be quite unpleasant for both the aircraft and the passengers. A traveller who experienced one in 2014 took the matter to court, arguing that she suffered a slipped disc as a result. The case went through all the courts and is now before the
A traveller who wanted to fly from Vienna-Schwechat to Cairo on May 7, 2021 was robbed of 97.510 euros by Austrian customs. The tricky part: According to a press release from the authorities, the man is said to have had tax debts in Austria amounting to around 100.000 euros. The Ministry of Finance explains that the passenger
The tour operator Springer Reisen is offering holiday trips to the Greek islands of Paros, Skiathos and Naxos from Graz in the 2021 summer season. The latter destination has not been operated without a transfer from Styria since the insolvency of InterSky. The destination Naxos was operated from Graz by the long-time Tyrolean charter boss Georg Pommer
From May 19, 2021, restaurants in Austria will be allowed to serve guests indoors again. This also applies to the airline Austrian Airlines, which will again offer catering in the lounge at Vienna-Schwechat Airport from Wednesday. However, only the Business Lounge in the Schengen area of Terminal 3 will be open.
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