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       The modern building of Schwechat International Airport near Vienna
       Austrian Airports    licence, a passport and a credit   and take approximately
       and Transfers       card for the deposit.  15 minutes to reach the
       Many business travellers to     The CAT (City Airport Train:   centre of town.
       Vienna never leave the airport:    www.cityairporttrain.com)
       opposite the terminal building   leaves every half hour and    DIRECTORY
       is the five-star luxury hotel   takes you to Wien-Mitte Station.
       Astron, and next to it the vast   The journey time is 16 minutes   Airport Information
       World Trade Centre,      and the fare (one way)   Vienna International
       where many companies     is around €11. Buses    Airport
       have their head offices.   go to Schwedenplatz   Tel (01) 7007-22233.
       Vienna’s airport has     and Westbahnhof.   ∑ viennaairport.com
       all the facilities that a   They depart every
       traveller might need:    25 minutes and the   Airlines
       information desks,   Logo of Austrian   30-minute journey
       service desks, shops,   Airlines  costs about €8 one way.  Air Canada
       automatic money-            The cheapest   Tel 1888 247 2262 in Canada;
       exchange machines, bureaux    means of transport into the city   069 27115 111 in Austria.
       de change and banks (though   is the suburban railway line, the   ∑ aircanada.com
       the rates for exchanging money   Schnellbahn, which operates a   Austrian Airlines
       at the airport are less favourable   half-hourly service.  Marxergasse, at corner of
       than elsewhere).      Salzburg Airport, which is at   Invalidenstrasse 1030 Vienna.
         The taxi journey from the   No. 95 Innsbrucker Bundesstrasse,   Tel (05176) 61000. ∑ aua.com
       airport to the centre of Vienna   is situated extremely close to   British Airways
       costs around €35. Flughafentaxi   the town centre, a mere 4 km    Tel (0845) 7733377 in UK;
       Neudeck also has vans available   (2 miles) to the west. It can be   (01) 7956 7567 in Austria.
       in its fleet.       reached by bus or taxi.   ∑ britishairways.com
         Alternatively, you can      Innsbruck Airport is also
       hire a car at the airport, from   located near the town centre    Flybe
       companies such as Avis,   (4 km/ 2 miles) and the transfer   Reservations for UK passengers:
                                                Tel 0371 700 2000 in UK; 01392
       Budget, Europcar, Hertz or   by taxi or bus “F” takes 10–15   683 152. ∑ flybe.com
       Thrifty. All you need when   minutes. Buses from Klagenfurt
       hiring a vehicle is a driver’s   Airport run every 30 minutes   Ryanair
                                                Tel From Ireland: (0818) 303030.
                                                From the UK: (0871) 246 0000.
                                                ∑ ryanair.com
                                                Tyrolean Airways
                                                Tel (0)5 1766 1000.
                                                ∑ tyrolean.at
                                                United Airlines
                                                Tel 1800 864 8331 in US.
                                                ∑ united.com
                                                Car Hire
                                                Avis
                                                Tel (01) 587 6241 or 7007 32700.
                                                ∑ avis.at
                                                Hertz City
                                                Tel (01) 512 8677 or 7007 32661.
                                                ∑ hertz.at
       Shopping centre inside Vienna’s Schwechat International Airport




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