Austrian Airlines lands safely in Montreal

• Daily flight service in the summer, five times each week in the winter month
• Boeing 767 aircraft deployed on this route
• Partnership with Air Canada for Toronto flights

The B767 aircraft deployed by Austrian Airlines landed safely at Montreal Airport at 12:51 p.m. yesterday local time operating its inaugural flight. Flights to the city located on Mount Royal will be operated by Austrian Airlines on a daily basis during the summer flight schedule, whereas the route will be served five times per week during the winter. The airline will operate a Boeing 767 aircraft with seating for 211 people.

Codeshare offering for Toronto flights by Air Canada

With the launch of Austrian Airlines flight service to Montreal, Air Canada will assume responsibility for operating flights on the Toronto-Vienna route. Air Canada will operate a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner during summer. Flight service from Vienna to Toronto will be offered on a daily basis during the summer flight schedule, and five flights each week during the winter season. Thanks to the partnership with Canada’s largest airline, Austrian Airlines continues to offer its customers the number of flights to Toronto to which they are accustomed as well as comparable departure and arrival times and excellent transfer possibilities in Vienna, Montreal and Toronto.

The duration of the flight from Vienna to Montreal is about nine hours, whereas flights to Toronto take about ten hours.

Route                     Flight number     Flight days   Departure – Arrival (Local times)
Vienna – Montreal    OS 73 (AC 6211)   Daily             10:30 – 13:35
Montreal – Vienna    OS 74 (AC 6212)   Daily             18:45 – 08:45 (next day)

Route                    Flight number     Flight days    Departure – Arrival (Local times)
Vienna – Toronto     OS 8247 (AC 899)  Daily             10:40 – 13:30
Toronto – Vienna     OS 8248 (AC 898)  Daily             18:25 – 08:30 (next day)

“We are pleased to double the flight offering from Austria to Canada in cooperation with Air Canada. In the future, our customers will be able to explore the metropolis of Montreal and continue to make use of the usual offering to Toronto”, states Wolfgang Jani, CFO of Austrian Airlines, in commenting on the expansion of the Austrian Airlines offering to Canada.