AIRail: New Type of Rail Connections Between Linz and Vienna International Airport

TransportRail ♦ Published: June 16, 2014; 16:50 ♦ (Vindobona)

From 14 December 2014, Austrian Airlines and ÖBB are to launch a cooperation entitled ‘AIRail’ on the Linz central station – Vienna Airport – Linz central station route. In future, Austrian passengers with an Austrian flight either preceding or following their rail journey will also be able to use new ÖBB connections with an Austrian flight number between Linz central station and Vienna Airport.

AIRail: Unrestricted mobility between rail stations and Vienna International Airport / Picture: © Flickr

Integrating Linz into the Austrian Airlines network in this way – in addition to the five daily flights between the two cities already being offered – will provide up to eight extra rail connections a day.

The new train route will become bookable, conveniently in one step together with an Austrian flight, from 2 July 2014 onwards.

The travelling time from…