Arriving passengers have the opportunity to receive free PCR test kits at Vienna-Schwechat Airport. There are now two providers, but tourists who are unfamiliar with the area should be careful which boxes they take with them, so that there are no problems with the delivery.

Arriving passengers can check out the Bipa drugstore in the arrivals area of ​​Terminal 3 upon presentation of their boarding pass a free PCR gargle test kit receive. This is the "Vienna System", also known as "Alles Gurgelt". The return must then be made in Vienna in the drop-off boxes set up at Billa, Billa Plus, Penny Markt, Bipa and at BP and Shell petrol stations. Important: It is not possible to hand in the collection points in the federal state of Lower Austria. Therefore, passengers who are interested in a free PCR test and have the destination Vienna should rather consider this product.

The Spar supermarket, which is also located in the arrivals zone of Terminal 3, is also advertising PCR test kits with posters. These are the province of Lower Austria's Gurgelboxes, which can be picked up in the supermarket after a short registration via the app. However, the return must be made in drop-off boxes, which are set up in the state of Lower Austria, for example in Spar supermarkets. If you throw these in a box at a Billa store in Vienna, for example, you won't get any results. People whose destination is a place in Lower Austria should consider this product if they are interested in a free PCR test.

The reason for this regulation, which is rather confusing for people who are not familiar with the area, is that the federal states of Vienna and Lower Austria have different laboratory partners for the throat tests. There is no national system.