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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Austria's second-largest airport, Salzburg, will not receive any Corona aid such as a fixed cost subsidy or compensation for losses incurred due to the pandemic. So far, the airport has received support in the form of short-time work and partial sales compensation. According to a report in the Kronen Zeitung, based on a discussion with
Winter business is traditionally particularly important for Salzburg Airport. Last season, the airport suffered a de facto total loss due to the corona pandemic. Now, airlines are gradually announcing their “winter sports comeback”. This is also the case with Tui Airways UK. This carrier will operate a non-stop connection between East Midlands
British Airways will also fly from Southampton and London City to Salzburg in winter 2021. Two rotations per week are currently planned from the inner-city airport of the British capital. The LCY flights will be operated with Embraer jets by the subsidiary BA Cityflieger. From December 10, 2021, the airline plans to fly to Salzburg on the
The low-cost airline SkyUp plans to fly between Kyiv-Borispil and Salzburg from December 26, 2021. The seasonal route is primarily aimed at skiers who want to spend their winter holidays in Austria. Flights are to take place on Sundays until January 9, 2022. As of January 15, 2022, the airline will switch to the
The new Kiss-3 sets of the private railway company Westbahn were presented to the public on Monday. The trains manufactured by Stadler are the first to be in operation in Austria with approval from the European Railway Agency. Some time ago, Westbahn surprised everyone by selling the entire fleet to Deutsche Bahn AG. The
The Cologne/Bonn route is now available again from Salzburg. The Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings has reactivated this and is initially offering two rotations per week. Other destinations that this carrier offers from the city of Mozart are: Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg. Lufthansa serves Frankfurt am Main up to three times a day. A flight connection to
From January 15, 2022, Icelandair plans to connect Keflavik in Iceland with Salzburg in Austria with Boeing 757-200. For the time being, a weekly rotation is planned. The actual start of the service is subject to further pandemic developments. Icelandair will take off from Keflavik at around 8:00 a.m. on the Saturday of the week as FI574 and fly to
Travel to the airport by train, hand your suitcase over to the conductor and then go straight to the gate at the airport? This is exactly what Austrian Airlines and the Austrian Federal Railways are testing on selected Railjet connections as part of the Airail cooperation. From August 23, 2021, it should be possible for passengers to check their luggage in Linz and Salzburg.
Currently, more airlines than ever before are offering their services between Tel Aviv and Vienna. Now Israir is also launching flights to Salzburg at short notice. These are scheduled to start on August 24, 2021. For the time being, the operation is limited to August 27, 2021, but could – depending on how
The low-cost airline Wizz Air Hungary is postponing its comeback in Salzburg again. After countless delays, Kiev-Zhuliany and St. Petersburg were to be served from mid-September 2021, but this time too, nothing will happen. In the summer of last year, Wizz Air added destinations from Austria's second largest airport at short notice. After only
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