According to its own statements, Austrian Airlines carried around 400.000 passengers around Christmas and New Year. These were particularly common in the direction of Paris, London, Barcelona, ​​Malé, Cancún and Mauritius.

Around 29.000 travelers are said to have chosen destinations such as Bangkok, Malé, Cancún and Mauritius. For this reason, Austrian Airlines doubled the frequencies towards the Maldives over the holidays: instead of three, the red-white-red airline took off six planes per week from Vienna Airport to Malé during the holidays. The frequencies to Mauritius and Cancún were also increased by one flight each, so that Austrian operated four times a week to Mauritius and three times a week to Cancún.

Paris, London and Barcelona were particularly heavily booked on short-haul routes. In total, the carrier had around 400.000 passengers around Christmas and New Year. Even at Christmas and at the turn of the year, flight operations were anything but idle. On December 24th and 31st more than 17.000 passengers flew with Austrian Airlines to their destination. "As a red-white-red airline, we are particularly pleased that we were able to bring many Austrians to their loved ones or on vacation over the holidays," says Michael Trestl, CCO Austrian Airlines.