New Vienna service from Manchester takes off
AUSTRIAN Airlines has joined other carriers of the Lufthansa Airline Group at Manchester Airport by launching a new daily service to Vienna.
The launch of the new service has been hailed by Lufhansa Group regional director for the UK, Ireland and Iceland Christian Schindler.
“We’ve already had a pretty good start,” he told TheBusinessDesk. “We are hoping to maintain the service throughout the year, depending on demand.
“The addition of the Vienna confirms the importance of Manchester and our North West passengers.
“As well as being the key Austrian business location, Vienna is an international congress and conference venue and continues to be ranked as the city with the best quality of life.
“Austrian Airlines new service will also offer the best possible transfer connections to the federal provinces of Austria as well as to Central and Eastern Europe.
The service to the Austrian capital, situated on the banks of the river Danube, is being operated with Fokker 70/100 aircraft with a flight time of around two and a half hours and return fares from £169.
