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Low-Cost Airlines Retreat from Vienna: Are Higher Prices and Location Disadvantages Looming?
Vienna International Airport is facing challenges as low-cost airlines Wizz Air and Ryanair are drastically reducing their presence. Wizz Air is withdrawing all five of its stationed aircraft and abandoning Vienna completely, while Ryanair is relocating three of its jets. Both companies cite excessive costs in Austria as the reason for this move. This development has reignited the debate about Vienna as a tourist and business location.
Vienna is too expensive for low-cost airlines Wizz Air and Ryanair. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / N509FZ/ CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
Both Wizz Air and Ryanair criticize the high operating costs at Vienna Airport. Of particular concern is the flight tax of €12 per passenger, which goes to the Austrian government. These taxes are particularly significant for low-cost airlines, which operate with extremely low ticket prices. Mathias Jakobi from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) cites a study according…
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