Fly with Austrian Airlines to Vienna, Europe and overseas

• 11 flights per week from Athens to Vienna in summer schedule

• Daily scheduled flights from Thessaloniki

• 45 years of Austrian Airlines flights from Thessaloniki to Vienna

• Austrian Airlines offer the biggest European network: Over 100 destinations available

Austrian Airlines is providing a strong product in the current summer schedule: Daily non-stop flights from Athens to Vienna, and starting with June 1^st until October 29^th, Austrian will add four additional flights on this route. This will result in 11 Austrian Airlines flights per week between the Greek and the Austrian capital cities. In addition, Austrian continue to operate its scheduled daily non-stop flights from Thessaloniki to Vienna. Since 1966, Austrian Airlines is operating flights on this route. This results in this year’s 45^th anniversary.

Austrian Airlines will also offers a dense charter flight program this summer with its subsidiary Lauda Air: A total of 51 flights a week will be offered from Austria to Greece’s 18 most popular tourist destinations such as Heraklion, Rhodos, Kos, Chania, Karpathos, Zakynthos, Corfu, Patras/Araxos, Preveza/Lefkas, Kavalla, Mykonos, Mytilene, Samos, Skiathos, Thessaloniki. For the first time, we are also flying to Volos/Pilion this summer. From all these destinations except Patras/Araxos, we offer flights to Austria. Spending a holiday in Austria was never as easy as that: Tickets are available at www.laudaair.com and www.austrian.com, starting from 139 Euro (oneway incl. all taxes and fees).

In addition, since the 1^st of June 2011 and on Austrian upgrading the free baggage allowance: Passengers in Economy class can take 23 kilograms in their luggage – which is 3 kilograms more than before. Passengers in Business Class can take two suitcases weighting 32 kilos each with their journey for free – this is 35 kilos more. The new baggage allowance brings a special feature for families travelling with children under two years: Instead of the former limit of 10 kilos only, each family can bring a suitcase weighting up to 23 kilos plus a foldaway pram weighting up to 10 kilos now.

Visit Austria and enjoy Winter and Summer in the Alps

After their flight to Austria, passengers can use their time for either business issues or enjoy their time in Vienna and the still agile flair of the Habsburg emperors. Austria is famous for its imperial buildings, its celebrated composers like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Viennese Tradition of coffee houses as well as for its impressive landscapes, the backdrop of the Alps or the numerous lakes, well-known from the movie “Sound of music”. Enjoying the alpine nature in winter or summer was never easier than now with Austrian and the intensive domestic flight programme to Innsbruck, Salzburg, Graz, Klagenfurt and Linz.

Competitive prices for flights from Greece to Vienna and back

Austrian Airlines places great focus on the needs of its passengers. Therefore, a flight with Austrian is worth the money. And with the excellent Do & Co in-flight catering on board, 23 kilograms baggage allowance, all check-in options, and bonus miles with the world’s biggest frequent flyer programme, Miles & More and the personal care of our flight attendants, it is also pleasant and feels like spending a short holiday in Austria. We do our best that every single passenger enjoys his flight with Austrian.

No 1 in Europe: Austrian Airlines offers the biggest European network

After their arrival at the Austrian Hub Vienna, passengers find the biggest European network served out of a single hub. They can continue their journey to any other of over 100 European destinations in the network of Austrian Airlines – or they switch to any of long haul flights in America or Asia. In total, Austrian fly to 130 destinations worldwide.

A time saving and comfortable journey via the Austrian Airlines Hub Vienna

The Austrian Airlines Hub Vienna is Europe‘s quickest transfer airport: With a very speedy connecting time of only 25 minutes, passengers and their luggage switch to their connecting flights easily. A flight with Austrian is therefore a time-saving travel and transfers are comfortable without any hustle.

Long haul destination network

In Vienna, Austrian Airlines offer access to 10 long haul destinations in Asia and America such as Bangkok, Beijing, Tokyo, Dubai, New York, Washington DC or Toronto, Delhi, Mumbai and other destinations. Long haul Business Class Passengers enjoy various amenities on board, such as DO & CO food, lie-flat sleeper seats, our flying Chef, the on Board sommelier and the highest coffee house in the world: Passengers have the choice out of 10 typical Austrian coffee specialities in the highest coffee house in the world – the Austrian Airlines Business class in an altitude of approximately 30.000 feet.

New Seats on Board our continental fleet

Austrian Airlines is refurnishing the cabin interior of its continental fleet: By September 2011, a total of 32 aircraft of the Airbus A320 family and the Boeing 737 type in the short- and medium-haul fleet will have been refurnished using the new interior design and the new seats.

The core element of the new cabin design is a highly innovative seat: The completely redeveloped lightweight seat is comfortable and offers passengers up to 10 cm more space for their legs and knees. The new seat is covered in high-value leather in elegant grey color with red accents that are characteristic for Austrian Airlines. The new seat has been completely redeveloped by the renowned German seat manufacturer Recaro.

Wide variety of Passenger benefits

Passengers can benefit from the Miles & More frequent flyer programme on all flights of Austrian Airlines. Depending on their booking class and frequent flyer status, passengers can use the high-value lounges of Austrian Airlines in Vienna. In Athens, we offer access to the Lufthansa Business Class and Frequent Traveler Lounge and to the Aegean Airlines Lounge. In Thessaloniki, we offer access to the Aegean Airlines Lounge.

Passengers can enjoy all modern check-in opportunities such as Web Check-in, such as Web Check-In, Mobile Check-in und SMS Check-in. Using these solutions, Passengers can even select their seat and print their boarding passes while being at work or at home.

In addition, we offer our mobile boarding card for flights leaving Athens and Vienna: Passengers do not need a printed boarding pass; all they need is their cellular phone with internet access.

Austrian continuously offer security fast lanes for business class customers in Athens; Austrian offer them in Thessaloniki upon availability.

The Austrian boarding pass is the most valuable boarding card in the world: Up to 10 days after their flight with Austrian, passengers are being granted a variety of massively reduced or even free admissions to a range of exciting cultural offers and institutions in Vienna or international cities such as New York, Tokyo, Moscow, or Venice when they present their boarding card. A list of current offers available is online on www.austrian.com, click on “Info & Service”, “after arrival”. For example, the Austrian most valuable boarding card brings 50 percent discount for the Albertina Wien, 35 percent discount for the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna, or a free Viennese Melange Coffee at Julius Meinl in Beijing, Belgrade, Kiev, Moscow, Tokyo or Vienna.

Austrian fly for your smile

With our high arrival punctuality, we achieved rank 2 under all 23 AEA member airlines (Association of European Airlines). This accuracy helps passengers to save time since they either do not miss their connecting flight or are in time at the place the wish to be. Our on-board crew is numerously awarded and rated among the friendliest staff of European Airlines.

Over 50 years of Austrian Airlines

Austrian Airlines made the first flight in 1958, flying to London. Just days after this first flight, Austrian opened up the flights to  Moscow. In the time following, Austrian developed its role as a pioneer in Central- and Eastern Europe and today is market leader in this region with 46 destinations. This underlines the airline’s long-lasting expertise and reliable operations.

In total, Austrian Airlines offer a worldwide network of 130 destinations and operates a fleet of 81 aircraft. Around 6.000 people work for Austrian Airlines.

Flights from and to Greece in summer schedule 2011