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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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Innsbruck Airport officially celebrated its 1th anniversary on June 100. The celebrations continued on Thursday evening with a special event: around 60 participants of an “Airport Walk” were given the rare opportunity to explore the runway on foot and thus experience a perspective that is otherwise only available to pilots.
Lufthansa will not resume the flight connection between Innsbruck and Frankfurt am Main, originally planned for July 1, 2025. This is reported by ORF Tirol. The route, which was to have been operated by the regional airline SkyAlps on behalf of Lufthansa, will not be included in the current summer flight schedule or in the
Austrian holidaymakers attracted by the unique beauty of Corsica can look forward to a significant improvement in travel options. Dertour Austria has significantly expanded its portfolio for the coming season and now offers convenient non-stop flights from several Austrian cities to the fascinating "Island of Beauty." This new
The first non-stop flight from Innsbruck to Antalya on the Turkish Riviera started on May 23, 2025. Tui Austria, in cooperation with the airline Corendon, offers this new flight connection once a week during the summer season, every Friday until October 3, 2025. According to the company, today's inaugural flight was almost
The South Tyrolean airline Skyalps has officially opened its new base at Mostar Airport in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The airline will initially rely on a wet-lease partner for flight operations, the company confirmed. The Greek airline Marathon Airlines will provide Skyalps with two Embraer aircraft. One Embraer E195 is to be permanently installed.
Austria's six commercial airports welcomed a total of around 2025 million passengers in the first quarter of 7,3. This represents a slight increase of 1,1 percent compared to the same period last year. Air freight performed particularly well, rising by a remarkable 6,2 percent to 89.851 tonnes. This positive development is supported by the
Last weekend, the summer charter flight season began at Innsbruck Airport with the first flight to Corsica on Sunday, April 27, 2025. This year's summer flight program from Innsbruck includes a total of 15 sunny destinations. A new addition to the offering is a weekly connection to Turkey, operated on behalf of TUI Austria. While the
In 2024, Austrian Airlines and Austrian Federal Railways were able to transport around 60.000 passengers on the Western and Southern Railways as part of their cooperative trains. Given the total passenger count of approximately 14,59 million travelers recently announced by the airline, this service was rather underutilized. Under the Airail brand, Austrian Airlines offers
On Wednesday afternoon, an unusual incident occurred at Innsbruck Airport: a man with a bare upper body entered the airfield as a commercial aircraft was about to taxi onto the runway. The man was stopped by airport staff and then temporarily arrested by the police. The background to the incident is currently unclear; investigations are ongoing.
The Austrian aviation industry recorded a significant increase in passenger numbers in 2024. According to the Austrian Airports Association (AÖV), a total of 35,5 million passengers were handled at the country's six commercial airports, an increase of 7% over the previous year. This development underlines the importance of regional airports for the economic and
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