In the future, tickets for less than 40 euros should no longer be available in Austria. How the low-cost airlines will react is still unclear.
Transport Minister Leonore Gewessler announced that in future, flight tickets must be sold at least at the price of taxes, fees and ticket levy. The approximate minimum price should be around 40 euros one way. Across Europe, the airline sees itself as a pioneer in this respect. The ticket levy will not be raised next year, but immediately to 12 euros. Another new development is that for flights that are less than 250 kilometers long, a ticket levy of 30 euros will be charged. The "anti-dumping regulation" is to be regulated in concrete terms in the new airport charges law.
Specifically, this means that cheap tickets for EUR 9,99 and below will no longer be allowed in the future. It is currently still unclear whether the low costers want to take legal action against the federal government's plans. In any case, it is likely to be a major encroachment on entrepreneurs' freedom of prices.
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