From the 2022 summer flight schedule, three bases will be maintained by Ryanair subsidiaries at Vienna-Schwechat Airport, because after Lauda Europe and Buzz, Malta Air will also station aircraft at Austria’s largest airport.

Lauda Europe is currently using the Airbus A320 aircraft on behalf of Ryanair from Vienna-Schwechat. In addition, three Boeing 737-800 of the Polish sister company Buzz are stationed. These also fly on behalf of Ryanair. More Boeing 2022-737s will be added at the start of the 800 summer timetable period. These will be operated by Malta Air for Ryanair.

This means that three of the Group's own flight operations will fly for the Irish low-cost airline with aircraft based in Vienna. In the past, the latter itself had Boeing 737-800s on site, however these were deducted and the Polish buzz took over.

Malta Air confirmed to Aviation.Direct that a base will be maintained in Vienna from the 2022 summer flight schedule. A total of six to seven Boeing 737-800s will be deployed from Vienna, some of which will continue to be operated by Buzz and the "newcomers" by Malta Air. According to the company, the exact division has not yet been determined.

According to the current planning status, 19 aircraft will be in service from Vienna for Ryanair. It could possibly also go up to 20 machines, although it has not yet been decided whether the additional aircraft could then become a Lauda A320 or a Malta Air B737-800. It is currently planned that Lauda Europe will operate 12 Airbus A320s from Vienna. Buzz and Malta Air will have six to seven Boeing 737-800s. The stationing of Boeing 737 Max 200 is not planned according to the current state of affairs. However, this machine type comes from other bases, for example Bergamo, and is also used from Vienna.

"Who makes the best conditions gets the flight order"

When asked why Ryanair will have three flight operations at Austria's largest airport in the future, Malta Air explained that there is competition within the group and that flight operation that can offer the most favorable conditions gets the flight order from the sister company Ryanair DAC. The latter company is the operating airline Ryanair, not to be confused with the parent company Ryanair Holdings plc.

In addition to Vienna, the Airbus A320 aircraft operated by Lauda Europe are spread across Zagreb, Zadar, Palme de Mallorca and London-Stansted. When asked, the company emphasizes that the entire fleet of 2022 aircraft will be in the air by summer 29. According to the current planning status, 12 A320s are to fly from Vienna, three each from Zagreb and Zadar, four to five from Palma de Mallorca and five ("plus/minus one") from London-Stansted. It has not yet been decided whether the remaining Airbus A320 will fly from Vienna or Stansted.