How to get to | Austria

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Austria
Austria is easily reached by train, car or boat (along the Danube with canals connecting to other rivers). Many airlines fly to Austria (mainly Vienna) including:

• Star Alliance – Adria, Aegean, Austrian, Croatia, EgyptAir, LOT, Lufthansa, Swiss, Turkish
• Oneworld – British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Royal Jordanian
• Sky Team – Aeroflot, Air France, KLM, Korean, TAROM
• Other selected – Emirates, lots of low cost airlines

TIP Many European low cost airlines fly to Bratislava in Slovakia, from which it is a fairly short bus train or boat ride to Vienna.

TIP Vienna has excellent flight connections to most places in Eastern Europe.

UPDATED August 2010 – Updated for TAM and Aegean joining Star Alliance, Shanghai leaving Star Alliance, Vietnam Airlines and TAROM joining Sky Team. No change to advice.

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