The AUA has been saved, but the connections from Vienna to Salzburg, Graz and Klagenfurt are not a done deal. This is a concern for the Chamber of Commerce. In the federal states, the fact that Austrian Airlines has to give up some ultra-short-haul flights within Austria or that these are subject to a horrendous tax is not exactly generating enthusiasm. The Chambers of Commerce of Carinthia and Styria are criticizing the government's approach. Whole regions would be left dependent on the outside world, according to the tenor from the business community. "I am pleased that the federal government has succeeded in securing the AUA and Vienna Airport in the long term. But I also expect that this will also mean that domestic air traffic within Austria will resume. Carinthia needs the airport and the connection to international hubs as a place to live," said Carinthia's Chamber of Commerce President Jürgen Mandl today. From an economic point of view, in the interest of the tourism country, but also as an identity-forming regional infrastructure, Klagenfurt Airport and its integration into the AUA route network are indispensable. The WKO official also demands that AUA should pay off its debts to travel agencies: "Here, around 200 million euros were paid by domestic travel agencies for flights that were later canceled due to the corona crisis and retained by AUA, although the travel agencies in turn refunded the customers' deposits. This money must immediately flow back to the travel agencies, whose situation is already difficult enough due to the ongoing travel restrictions." WKO: Loss of the AUA connection to Vienna weakens Styria and Salzburg In Styria, WKO President Josef Herk and IV Chairman Georg Knill criticize the impending loss of the connection from Graz to the Austrian Airlines hub