The inner-Austrian flight route from Innsbruck to Vienna not only plays an important role as a hub connection, but is also an important point-to-point route for business and politics. Day trips by land are rather complicated due to the geographical conditions.

The demand is most likely to be compared with Altenrhein-Vienna. Although the small airport is located in Switzerland, it is mainly used by Vorarlberg residents. Mainly business people who have appointments in Vienna or Vorarlberg are on board the Peoples. Austrian Airlines knows this business only too well, because the takeover of Rheintalflug resulted in this route and a base in Altenrhein, which was only recently formally dissolved. The route has not been operated by the AUA for a long time.

The point-to-point customer segment on Innsbruck-Vienna-Innsbruck is absolutely comparable. However, there are also many people switching and Tyrol can benefit to a certain extent from winter sports enthusiasts switching in Vienna. Lufthansa will no longer serve the Frankfurt connection and will switch to a shuttle bus to Munich. That could cost the group numerous customers, because IAG offers transfer options in London, for example, and Air France-KLM in Amsterdam. Only the Vienna hub remains for the Lufthansa Group.

Innsbruck-Vienna-Innsbruck is currently the only route within Austria that, for geographical reasons, can most likely not be shifted to rail. The connection to Graz-Vienna is already being tested by means of a cooperation with the Austrian Federal Railways. There are no more domestic flights from Salzburg and Linz, only cooperation with the railways. The Klagenfurt route has been a bit complicated in recent years because the load fluctuates. This could also be shifted to the railways with the opening of the tunnels. In a certain way Innsbruck has the mountains as a grandfather.

In the winter flight schedule 2021/22, Austrian Airlines will usually fly with aircraft of the type Embraer 195 between the provincial capital of Tyrol and the capital's airport vice versa. The flight schedule confirmed by Austrian Airlines, which is initially planned up to and including January 16, 2022, is shown in a table below. The fact that this will end on January 16, 2022 does not mean that the route will be discontinued, but is only related to the fact that Austrian Airlines - like many other airlines - is planning at shorter notice due to the pandemic. In other words: “Winter Timetable Part II” is still to be published.

The Innsbruck-Vienna-Innsbruck flight plan at a glance: