Booming Tourism: Aeroflot Pressure on Austria's Airports

CompaniesRetail & Consumer ♦ Published: October 20, 2010; 15:37 ♦ (Vindobona)

New routes of Aeroflot subsidiaries to Austria are created due to the growing flow of Russian guests.

Russia's airline industry is increasingly pressing for more routes to Western and Central Europe: focus is above all on Austria. Although the Kremlin is parting from its Aeroflot shares, control remains upright. Companies competing with Aeroflot in Russia have a difficult time accordingly.

Aeroflot clearly dominates the scene in the battle for Russian tourists to Austria. In…