Closure of Salzburg Airport: Austrian Airlines expands railway offering between Salzburg and Vienna

• Salzburg Airport closed for runway renewal until the end of May 2019
• Up to 30 daily AIRail train connections between the Central Station in Salzburg and Vienna Airport
• Offering valid up to one week after the runway shutdown

The runway at Salzburg Airport will be renewed starting today and lasting until the end of May 2019. All flight service to and from the airport will be suspended during this period.

For this reason, Austrian Airlines is offering expanded travel options by train between Salzburg’s Central Station and Vienna Airport. The existing AIRail offering in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) will be increased tenfold from three to up to 30 daily train connections until one week after the shutdown of the runway. Accordingly, a Railjet with an Austrian Airlines flight number linking Salzburg and Vienna will be available to passengers every hour between 5 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Austrian Airlines customers enjoy various advantages, for example, a guaranteed connection, regardless of whether their journey continues by plane or train. This means that in the case of an unexpected delay of the train or flight, passengers will be automatically booked on an alternative connecting service if they do not reach their train or flight on time.

Business Class passengers travel in first class on the train and are also given free access to the ÖBB lounge before departure. Moreover, passengers can collect miles on AIRail route within the context of the Miles & More program. Finally, there is also a catering voucher, which can be used in the ÖBB dining car.

Travel time between Salzburg Central Station and Vienna Airport amounts to 2 hours 49 minutes.