ÖBB and aua wide partnership on Star Alliance

ÖBB and the Austrian Airlines (AUA) wide theirs Cooperation on the Star Alliance out of. The Federal Railways join the Aviation Alliance for the Lufthansa Group.

This can fly passengers with just one ticket within the star alliance network and By train to Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck travel. This means that customers are also on the train according to the rules of the IATA and have a connection protection, said ÖBB boss Andreas Matthä on Wednesday.

Federal State Airports lose their Vienna flights

After opening the Koralmunnel at the end of 2025, Klagenfurt is also to be connected to the Star Alliance airlines in Vienna by train. The ÖBB are not the first railway company to join an aviation alliance. The first train partner of the Star Alliance was Deutsche Bahn in 2022.

The airports in the federal states, whose flights to Vienna have already been thinned out or discontinued in recent years, come under pressure. For state aid in the corona crisis, the AUA has also committed itself to hiring its flights if the travel time by train is less than three hours, which will be the case with Graz and Klagenfurt after opening the Semmering tunnel.

Hanke: Modern business location needs modern infrastructure

At the press conference, the new Minister of Transport also took Peter Hanke (SPÖ) part. He said that he wanted to set an example as a minister “that a modern business location also needs a modern infrastructure” – “which of course is not an easy task when we talk about climate neutrality when we talk about connection quality and when we talk about new roads.” He emphasized that the planned billion -dollar construction projects from ÖBB and ASFINAG are investments that would also arrive well on the labor market.

The coalition parties ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS agreed in the government program, that of Hankes predecessor Leonore worsers (Greens) to build the carway tunnel through the Lobau for reasons of climate protection.