Take Your Swimsuit with You: Austrian Airlines Takes Off on Initial Flights to Jerez and Bari

· Starting today: once a week to Jerez and a total of thirteen flights per week to Spain

· Effective today: one weekly flight to Bari and a total of 95 times per week to Italy

· Forecast for the summer of 2016: Austrians continue to shift their holiday preferences to destinations in Spain and Italy

The summer is fast approaching with its fantastic weather. Austrian Airlines is expanding its flight offering to Spain and Italy just in time for the upcoming bathing suit and bikini season. As of today, the airline will fly to Jerez and Bari once a week. Flights to Bari will be offered with a stopover first in Lamezia Terme.

At the beginning of the year, bookings already revealed a shift in the holiday destinations of the average Austrian. In past years, there were frequent bookings to destinations in Tunisia and Turkey. The new trend is clearly towards vacationing in Spain and Italy.

Summer 2016

Due to the increased demand, Austrian Airlines has expanded its flight service to Italy and Spain. In addition to Bari, the airline is operating an additional third flight to Catania each week and a second weekly flight to Olbia. Two additional direct flights from Vienna will also be offered to Naples to increase the flight offering to five times a week. On balance, the current summer flight schedule includes 95 weekly flights to twelve destinations in Italy.

Austrian Airlines operates thirteen flights each week to Spain. It operates daily direct flight service from Vienna to Barcelona, and also offers one direct flight each week originating in Vienna to Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Menorca, Tenerife and Jerez.

Vienna – Lamezia Terme – Bari – Vienna as of May 26, 2016

Vienna – Lamezia Terme

OS 9413

Thursday

9:40 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

Lamezia Terme – Bari

OS 9414

Thursday

12:25 p.m.– 1:15 p.m.

Bari – Vienna

OS 9414

Thursday

2:00 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.

Vienna – Jerez – Vienna as of May 26, 2016

Vienna – Jerez

OS 9509

Thursday

9:45 a.m. – 1:20 p.m.

Jerez – Vienna

OS 9510

Thursday

2:05 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.