CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech (
pictured) outlined the airline’s ambitious plans to focus on restoring leisure capacity at Routes Reconnected 2021.
Despite the planned restoration of its leisure schedule, overall capacity will be well down on 2019 levels, indicating a change in strategic direction, von Hoensbroech noted.
“We all expect that leisure travel will recover faster than business travel,” he said April 27. “Austrian fortunately always had a certain focus on leisure travel and we are expanding that focus.
“So our current thinking of the summer is that our overall network will reach maybe 50% of pre-COVID level by July or August. Our leisure network will reach 100% of pre-COVID levels.”