In the last few days, Austrian Airlines has revised the winter flight schedule for November and December 2021. The offer was greatly reduced. Frequencies are reduced on many routes. The competitor Ryanair does not miss the opportunity to prick.

The low-cost airline company writes in a press release that Austrian Airlines “canceled over 3.200 flights” during the period mentioned. It can also be read: “The Austrian taxpayer will rightly wonder what the value of the € 600 million in state aid that he has granted to the Austrian Lufthansa subsidiary. Austrian Airlines has meanwhile cut over 1.350 Austrian jobs, is planning further staff cuts and has now canceled thousands of flights in November and December that were previously on offer. "

However, Ryanair does not say a word about the fact that the self-operated base (operated by Ryanair DAC) Vienna has been closed and that many jobs have not been lost in the course of the shutdown of the subsidiary Laudamotion. There was not a new job at Lauda Europe for all Laudamotion employees. 

Regardless of this, the Irish lowcoster emphasizes that in the winter flight schedule 2021/22, around 2.000 flights per month from Vienna to 57 destinations will be offered. Three Boeing 737-800s operated by Buzz and eleven Airbus A320s operated by Lauda Europe are stationed on site.

“While other airlines are ceasing connections in Vienna and canceling thousands of flights at short notice, the Viennese and their visitors can rely on Ryanair's largest winter flight schedule to date, which has 57 destinations in 29 countries on offer. Ryanair's commitment to rebuilding Vienna's transport and tourism industry will be further strengthened in the summer of 2022 with the delivery of 5 new aircraft (a total of 90 routes) and the creation of over 200 new jobs for pilots, cabin crew and engineers in Austria. And that while the Lufthansa Group is canceling thousands of flights and cutting thousands of Austrian jobs while collecting Austrian state aid ”, commercial director Jason McGuiness taunts his competitors.