- Autumn holidays have established themselves as an ideal time for short breaks, Austrian Airlines increases flight offer by 85 flights during this period
- News in the Italy programme with Linate instead of Malpensa and additional flights to Rome
- Stable long-haul routes to both the West and the East, Bangkok gets a second daily connection again
They have been officially valid throughout Austria since 2020 and are very popular not only with schoolchildren throughout the country: the autumn holidays (from 27. October to 1. November) have now established themselves as the ideal time for a short break. Austrian Airlines’ network planners are taking this into account with a total of 85 additional flights during this period. The focus is on Cyprus – 18 additional rotations to Larnaca will ensure that there will be plenty of opportunity to enjoy pleasant temperatures and soak up the sun. There will also be seven additional flights each to Mallorca and Varna during the autumn holidays. Flights to Dubrovnik and Split, Rome and Catania as well as Valencia will also be significantly increased – all destinations that are ideal for families with short flight times, warm autumn temperatures and plenty of leisure activities.
Austrian Airlines’ winter flight schedule in figures
On short and medium-haul routes, Austrian Airlines’ 2025/26 winter timetable offers a total of 73 destinations with up to 980 flights per week, while long-haul flights will operate up to 48 times a week to ten different destinations.
Ciao, ciao bella Italia – from the winter timetable to Linate and more frequent flights to Rome
There will be an airport change from the start of the winter flight schedule in Italy: from 26 October 2025, Austrian Airlines will now fly to Linate Airport up to four times a day instead of Malpensa for all flights to Milan. This change was made by taking over the corresponding slots from ITA Airways, which, like Austrian Airlines, has been part of the Lufthansa Group since the beginning of the year. Linate Airport is much closer to Milan, which significantly shortens the journey time to the city centre for travellers.
By the end of the summer timetable, connections to Rome Fiumicino will be increased up to three times a day and 18 times a week respectively. This will provide Austrian Airlines passengers with ideal access to the ITA Airways hub in Rome – the attractive route network of the new ‘sister airline’ with numerous long-haul connections to North and South America and Asia will be available via codeshare.
Off to the far north – and welcome to the magic of the slopes in Austria
If you’re looking for guaranteed cold, ice and snow when planning your next trip in winter 2025/26, you’ll be delighted to hear that the ‘Coolcation’ destinations in the far north of Finnish Lapland are back on the programme: Rovaniemi, Kittilä and Ivalo will also be back like in winter 2024/25.
Particularly relevant in terms of inbound and ski tourism in Austria: the continuation of the highly successful ‘ski flights’ from Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Warsaw directly to Innsbruck – ‘piste magic made in Austria’ is therefore particularly attractive and easy to reach for winter sports enthusiasts from these strong source markets several times a week.
And the faraway always beckons – (but not only) with warmth
As every year, Thailand, the Maldives and Mauritius are a highlight and very popular among travellers in winter. With up to five flights per week to the Maldives and up to three to Mauritius, the island paradises are once again served directly by the red-white-red airline, with Austrian Airlines aircraft even taking off for Bangkok up to twice a day at times during the winter. This tight schedule to Bangkok was particularly popular and in great demand in the previous winter timetable and is therefore being reintroduced.
Also well represented and always popular in the winter flight schedule – the up to eleven weekly connections to New York (JFK and EWR), as well as the five weekly connections to Montreal and three weekly connections to Boston.