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Flights To Austria & Switzerland
Austria & Switzerland are most easily and quickly reached by
air. There are various schedule, charter and no-frills flights from
many European capitals to Geneva,
Zurich, Vienna
and other major cities including Graz (GRZ), Linz (LNZ), Klagenfurt
(KLU), Salzburg
(SZG) and Innsbruck
(INN) in Austria and Basel
(BSL), Bern
(BRN), Lugano (LUG) and Sion (SIR), in Switzerland, with the UK
being the most competitive in terms of price.
Online travel websites offer good bargains. Geneva (GVA) and Zurich
(ZRH) are the major hubs for Switzerland, Vienna (VIE) for Austria.
For information on getting from the airport to city centers see
our City
Guides.
The German national airline Lufthansa part owns Swiss international
Airlines and the two airlines have an integrated timetable. Lufthansa's
no frills subsidiary germanwings operates throughout Europe.
Most other national carriers have scheduled flights in to Switzerland
and Austria from a variety of cities including Austrian Airlines,
Air
France ,
British
Airways
(BA), KLM
and Virgin
Atlantic to London (where onward connections to Switzerland/Austria
can be made). From Asia Singapore
Airlines has flights to London (where onward connections to
Switzerland/Austria can be made) as well as Frankfurt.
Most scheduled flights to Switzerland fly into either Zurich or
Geneva though EuroAirport near Basel (BSL) is gaining in importance.
Vienna receives most of Austria's international flights. Bratislava
airport in Slovakia is only 60km from Vienna and may be a cheaper
alternative.
Many European countries have charter flights and package holiday
deals for both Switzerland and Austria.
No-frills Budget Airlines
Air Berlin - serves Zurich in Switzerland (as well as Friedrichshaven
just across the border in Germany) and Salzburg, Linz and Vienna
in Austria. Other flight connections with Athens, Barcelona, Belfast,
Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, Rome and other cities in mostly southern
Europe.
Easyjet flies to Basel and Geneva from Liverpool, Luton
and London-Stansted airports; to Geneva from Belfast, Bournemouth,
Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Gatwick, Newcastle and Nottingham
East Midlands in the UK.
Germanwings - Lufthansa's no-frills subsidiary operates
throughout Europe including flights from Cologne-Bonn
and Stuttgart
to Vienna and from Cologne-Bonn
to Zurich.
Ryanair flies to Graz, Linz and Salzburg in Austria from
London Stansted.
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