In a bid to stimulate winter bookings, Austrian Airlines rolled out its annual Black-Friday promotion on 27 November, offering €50 off Economy-Class return fares from Vienna to North America. The sale runs until 3 December 2025 for travel between 12 January and 31 May 2026.
While corporate contracts are excluded, individual business travellers booking within policy can still benefit if their employer allows reimbursement of promotional tickets. The discount does not apply to Light-tariff fares that exclude checked baggage, so travellers should factor in add-on fees before selecting the cheapest option.
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The timing aligns with Austrian’s decision to redeploy spare winter capacity to a five-weekly Vienna–Dubai service, underscoring the carrier’s strategy of balancing leisure demand with premium-cabin upsell opportunities. Travel managers may wish to pre-book home-leave flights for long-term assignees before the sale inventory sells out.
Expense-policy teams should also remind employees that change-fee rules on sale fares are stricter, potentially offsetting headline savings if itineraries shift. For travellers with flexible dates, the promotion could shave hundreds of euros off relocation or project-kickoff trips.
Given the Lufthansa Group’s integrated network, onward connections to secondary U.S. and Canadian cities are available via hubs in Frankfurt and Munich, offering additional flexibility for Austrian-based staff heading to North American offices.
While corporate contracts are excluded, individual business travellers booking within policy can still benefit if their employer allows reimbursement of promotional tickets. The discount does not apply to Light-tariff fares that exclude checked baggage, so travellers should factor in add-on fees before selecting the cheapest option.
The timing aligns with Austrian’s decision to redeploy spare winter capacity to a five-weekly Vienna–Dubai service, underscoring the carrier’s strategy of balancing leisure demand with premium-cabin upsell opportunities. Travel managers may wish to pre-book home-leave flights for long-term assignees before the sale inventory sells out.
Expense-policy teams should also remind employees that change-fee rules on sale fares are stricter, potentially offsetting headline savings if itineraries shift. For travellers with flexible dates, the promotion could shave hundreds of euros off relocation or project-kickoff trips.
Given the Lufthansa Group’s integrated network, onward connections to secondary U.S. and Canadian cities are available via hubs in Frankfurt and Munich, offering additional flexibility for Austrian-based staff heading to North American offices.
