The pandemic is dragging the entire aviation industry to ruin. The airports are also posting horrific numbers, especially regional airports are on the decline. This is also the case with Klagenfurt Airport, whose meaningfulness is now openly questioned.

The so-called Koralm Railway can be expected to be completed from 2025. This major project of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) shortens the lengthy three-hour train connection Graz-Klagenfurt to 45 minutes. Graz-Thalerhof Airport would then also be Klagenfurt's passenger airport. What also speaks for it: KLU is not only slumbering now. 

Because the airport was already in the red before Covid-19. The number of passengers dropped from 2018 to 2019 by 8,4 percent to 209.000 passengers. The financial result looked accordingly: the bottom line was a loss of 2,5 million euros, after a minus of 1,4 million in 2018. That was a deterioration of almost 79 percent, like 5min.at reported. And that despite the investor. The Corona year is also likely to be catastrophic.

But despite these facts, Governor Peter Kaiser is committed to the crumbling airport. It is an important infrastructure facility. ÖVP economics officer Sebastian Schuschnig, on the other hand, doubts the construction of a train station directly below Graz Airport. This would be countered by the high construction costs and the increased travel time due to this stop. The ÖBB deny that ORF these statements with the reference that a train station at Graz airport is only planned for a later construction phase. One can be curious.