Austrian Airlines expands long-haul network with inaugural  flight to Boston 

Austrian Airways took off for Boston for the primary time, launching the 12 months spherical nonstop flight connection from Vienna to Boston. Austria’s dwelling service will fly to the US  metropolis on the East Coast as much as six occasions per week. The flight will likely be operated with a Boeing 767,  which has 211 seats.

Earlier than the passengers took off on board the Boeing 767 to Boston, they have been welcomed on the gate  by Austrian Airways CCO Michael Trestl and Julian Jäger, Joint CEO and COO of Vienna Airport, and launched to the brand new vacation spot. Along with the standard ribbon slicing ceremony, visitors  loved culinary delights and a fast sketch artist who artistically captured the second of their  inaugural flight. Goodies have been handed out by Austrian Airways CCO Michael Trestl on board the  inaugural flight.

Michael Trestl, Chief Business Officer of Austrian Airways, is enthusiastic concerning the strategic route  enlargement: “We’re delighted so as to add a particularly enticing vacation spot to our Austrian Airways  vacation spot portfolio with Boston. By increasing our long-haul community, we’re providing our  passengers a various journey program, growing our presence within the worldwide market and  strengthening our hub in Vienna.” He continues: “Boston is an interesting vacation spot for leisure and  enterprise vacationers with its famend academic establishments, together with Harvard and MIT, its enterprise  affiliations and the incomparable appeal of town. It is going to additionally make it even simpler for guests from  the USA to journey to Vienna sooner or later.”

The journey time between Vienna and Boston, some 6,500 kilometres away, is roughly 9 hours.  The flight will likely be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in addition to  each second Tuesday. Departure from Vienna is at 10:40 a.m., arriving in Boston at 01:50 p.m. native  time. The return flight departs Boston at 05:10 p.m., arriving in Vienna at 07:25 a.m. native time.

With the addition of Boston as new vacation spot, Austrian Airways will increase its intercontinental  footprint to a complete of 18 locations, providing its passengers in 2024 greater than 125 worldwide journey  locations.

Julian Jäger, Joint CEO and COO of Vienna Airport, is happy concerning the profitable cooperation  between Austrian Airways and Vienna Airport and emphasizes: “The USA is a very powerful lengthy haul marketplace for Vienna Airport. With the brand new direct connection to Boston, our dwelling service Austrian  Airways is increasing its North America providing. Boston, one of many oldest cities within the USA, presents  quite a few cultural and historic highlights. The modernization and enlargement of the Austrian Airways  long-haul fleet to eleven Boeing 787 Dreamliners will increase the attractiveness of North American  journey and offers Vienna’s financial system and tourism an essential enhance originally of summer season.”

Norbert Kettner, Managing Director of Vienna Vacationer Board, can also be delighted concerning the strengthened  connection to the USA: “As a medium-sized capital of a small nation, Vienna can achieve tourism  and general economically solely via its connection to worldwide transport routes. In 2024,  Vienna will proceed to be a globally related metropolis – the brand new Boston flight of our strategic associate  Austrian Airways offers a robust enhance for each leisure tourism and the convention sector. Vienna’s  tourism is as soon as once more as worldwide because it was earlier than the pandemic. The USA, which is Vienna’s  most essential long-distance market and was already above its pre-pandemic degree in 2023, performed  a serious position on this.”