The comeback of regular scheduled flights is particularly tough at Linz-Hörsching Airport. The resumption of the destinations Frankfurt am Main (Lufthansa) and Düsseldorf (Eurowings) has been postponed indefinitely. Now it also hits the former Palma de Mallorca racetrack.

While there was a small Mallorca boom in Germany around Easter, the aviation companies operating from Austria could only benefit to a small extent. The background is that Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) extended the forced quarantine until at least the end of May 2021. Anyone who cannot slip under an exception has to be in quarantine for ten days, with the possibility of “free testing” after five days.

This also has an extremely negative effect on demand in Linz, because the calendar month of May was actually always well booked in the direction of Palma. The previous year was an exception for known reasons. In any case, Eurowings withdrew the flights from the Mediterranean island and will probably start them four weeks later. From Graz and Linz, the Lufthansa subsidiary wanted to take over one route each from Austrian Airlines and reactivate it on April 12, 2021. Both Stuttgart (from Graz) and Düsseldorf (from Linz) have been postponed indefinitely. A spokesman said to Aviation Directthat