EU Unveils High-Speed Rail Masterplan With Vienna as Central Alpine Hub
EU Social-Questions Working Party Debates Posted-Worker Enforcement—Austrian Employers Face Tighter Reporting
EU Council Land-Transport Working Party Meets: Austria Pushes Digital CMR and Alpine Corridor Funding
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Austrian Airlines Restarts Vienna–Alicante Route After 22-Year Hiatus
Starting 1 April 2026, Austrian Airlines will operate two weekly Vienna–Alicante flights, announced on 6 November 2025. The comeback plugs a gap left since 2004 and offers corporates a faster, non-stop link between Austria’s main hub and Spain’s tech-oriented Costa Blanca. Travel managers gain pricing leverage and reduced itinerary risk, while the Vienna hub benefits from additional feed.
Austria tables sweeping ETIAS implementation bill to tighten pre-travel screening
Austria’s government has forwarded a bill that creates the national ETIAS platform and hard-wires Austrian databases into the EU’s new border-management architecture. Once adopted, visa-exempt visitors—including business travellers and short-term assignees—will have to secure an electronic travel permit before coming to Austria. Corporations should prepare for new lead times and data-sharing obligations.
Vienna extends border checks with Slovakia and Czech Republic until mid-October 2025
Austria will keep controls on its Slovak and Czech borders until at least 15 October 2025. The decision affects daily commuters and freight flows but is justified by Vienna as essential for tackling human smuggling. Companies should prepare for sporadic delays and ensure travellers carry proper ID.
ÖBB opens Koralm Railway to freight—cutting Graz-Klagenfurt transit time and CO₂
ÖBB has begun running freight trains on the brand-new Koralm Railway, a €12 billion project that shortens the Graz-Klagenfurt route and increases freight capacity by 30 %. The line enhances Austria’s role on the Baltic-Adriatic corridor and is likely to shift short-haul air and road traffic to rail, benefiting corporate sustainability goals.