Austrian Airlines will resume its direct flights to China this week, with the commencement of Shanghai – Vienna services.

The one flight per week between the Austrian capital and the Chinese city comes at a time when many major European carriers, including the airlines of the Lufthansa Group, are easing back into regular services to Mainland China.

The Shanghai – Vienna service, OS75, departs on Fridays at 1.30 pm and arrives in the Chinese commercial capital at 6 am the next day. The return Shanghai – Vienna service, OS76, will operate on Sundays, departing China at 10.10 am and arriving in Austria at 3.45 pm.

With Austrian Airlines following Lufthansa and Swiss, all Lufthansa Group premium airlines are operating to and from China again.  “This clearly reflects the need for additional flights between mainland China and our home markets Germany, Austria, and Switzerland,“ says Veli Polat, responsible for the Group‘s airline business in China. “We are confident that Chinese authorities will gradually allow for an increase in flights to meet increasing customer demand. It is important to continue reconnecting China and Europe.”

So far, Lufthansa Group Airlines are operating 11 weekly flights to and from Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Nanjing but are ready to add flights any time, especially to and from Beijing.

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