The low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizzair are planning a tough price war between Vienna and Rome. Some time ago the Hungarian lowcoster announced that not only Fiumicino airport but also Ciampino would be served from the Austrian capital. Ryanair is following suit and wants to "double" the route.

Rome has two airports: The major FIumicino Airport, which is a little further from the city center than the smaller Ciampino Airport. The two low-cost airlines plan to head for both Rome airports from Vienna. It remains to be seen whether there is any need for this at all. In any case, it is an indication that the price war should continue. However, this assumes that Ryanair does not withdraw Lauda Europe from Vienna beforehand.

A look at the Ryanair summer flight schedule from Vienna, which is mainly operated by Lauda Europe, Buzz and Malta Air, shows that the group has thinned out massively. Many destinations will be added much later than last announced. Even popular holiday routes such as Ibiza are not planned to be reactivated until the beginning of the summer holidays in Vienna and Lower Austria.

In general, it can be stated in summary that very few routes are to be reactivated in March and April. This is followed by three waves: early May, early June and early July. The frequencies are - similar to Wizz Air - very low at the beginning. However, many routes have also fallen completely victim to the corona pandemic. Either these were never included, for example Turkey routes, Beirut and additional Ukraine destinations, or were no longer reactivated, for example Stuttgart, Agadir and Marrakech.

Ryanair summer flight schedule from Vienna:
(As of February 24, 2021)