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DIRECTORY
Airports
Schwechat Airport
Tel 7007 32300.
∑ viennaairport.com
Airlines
Austrian Airlines
Tel 517661000.
Airport: Tel 700762520.
∑ austrian.com
British Airways
Tel 79567567.
∑ ba.com
Travellers checking in at Schwechat International Airport easyJet
Transfers from the (€19 online). Children under 15 ∑ easyjet.com
Airport Flybe
always travel free on CAT.
The most utilized route from the Another efficient option is the Tel 020 7308 0812 (UK).
∑ flybe.com
airport into the centre of Vienna non-stop high speed ÖBB Railjet
is with the sleek and modern (Austrian National Railways), Lufthansa
CAT (City Airport Train). CAT’s which runs from the airport Tel 0810 10258080.
16-minute ride beats the half- to Vienna’s main railway station, ∑ lufthansa.com
hour taxi drive and the Schnell- the Haupt bahnhof, in just 15 Transfers from the
bahn train, which takes about minutes. ÖBB Railjet trains depart Airport
35 minutes. The CAT trains, with Vienna Interna tional Airport
free Wi-Fi and laptop charging every 30 minutes. These are CAT (City Airport Train)
points, run every 30 minutes the most modern and luxurious Tel 25250.
from the basement terminal carriages in Austria. A one-way ∑ cityairporttrain.com
inside the airport. They arrive ticket costs only €3.90. Note, ÖBB
at Vienna’s Wien Mitte station, though, that the Railjet’s Tel 51717.
which has the biggest shopping terminus is at the main ∑ oebb.at
mall in the city and is also a Hauptbahnhof station, much
terminal for the U3 and U4 less convenient for central Vienna Airport Lines
underground U-bahn lines. hotels than the Wien Mitte ∑ viennaairportlines.at
Mitte is a 10-minute walk from station, where both the CAT Wiener Linien
Stephansplatz and is also on and the urban transport train the ∑ wienerlinien.at
several bus and tram lines. Schnellbahn deposit passengers.
Tickets can be bought online Taxis can be delayed by
in advance, and be printed out congestion, but they have the Aside from taxis, the most
or saved as digital files on advantage of taking you exactly flexible way to get from the
smartphones. If tickets are where you want to go. Fares airport into Vienna is by bus.
bought on the train there is a €2 from the airport to a central Vienna Airport Lines departs
surcharge. If At airport counters location are always a fixed €36, every half-hour from Schwechat.
or platform machines, single plus a customary 10 percent There are three routes, with
fares to the city cost €12 (€11 gratuity. Limousines are also terminuses at Westbahnhof,
online), with round trips at €20 available at the airport. Schwedenplatz and Donaustadt,
with 14 local stops along the
way. The buses have free Wi-Fi
and cost €8 one way or €13
return. Tickets can be bought
on the bus or online with the
airport app. Under-6s travel
free, and those under 14 pay
half price.
Part of Vienna’s tram and
bus network run by Wiener
Linien, the urban rapid-transit
Schnellbahn, or S-bahn, No. 7
runs every half-hour and takes
about 35 minutes. Tickets can
CAT (City Airport Train) linking Schwechat to the centre of Vienna be bought onboard for €2.30.

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