Austrian Airlines launches Vienna-Shiraz services

Austrian Airlines plans to add 4X-weekly Vienna-Shiraz (Iran) services from July 2. The flight will be operated with Airbus A320 aircraft and do an interim stopover in Isfahan. In addition to existing services of up to 14 weekly flights from Vienna to Teheran Imam Khomeini International, the carrier is expanding its portfolio of destinations in Iran to 3 cities. “No other airline in Western Europe offers 18 weekly flights to Iran. Here we are number one,” CCO Andreas Otto said. The airline operates single-aisle A320 family aircraft to all 3 destinations in Iran compared to other European carriers, which mainly use widebodies on Teheran routes. “For 10 years we have had a codeshare agreement in place with Iran Air. This will also be implemented to Shiraz,” an Austrian spokesperson said. <br/>