Austrian Post: New standard letter from May 2025!

Austrian Post: New standard letter from May 2025!

The Austrian Post has announced a big change that will come into force in May 2025! From May 1, 2025, the letter range will be changed by a amendment to the Postal Market Act. The previous "Eco letter" disappears and will be replaced by the new standard "letter" product, which will offer a term of two to three working days. If you are in a hurry, you can book the new additional performance "Premium" to receive your shipment the next working day. This announced Walter Oblin, General Director of Austrian Post AG, and explained that over 80 percent of all letters will be sent with this term of two to three days. Mr. Oblin says: "This makes the product structure simplify", which makes it easier for customers to choose the right options.

As part of these new regulations, customers can insert the standard product "letter" directly into one of the more than 14,000 yellow mailboxes and frank them with stamps. If you want to be faster, book the "Premium" option for a surcharge of 30 cents and place your shipment to post partners, in post office or shipping stations. The term of the new premium option corresponds to that of the previous "Prio letter", which will no longer be offered from May 1, 2025. The delivery for all variants remains unchanged, and the previous additional services are also retained, such as "registered mail". These innovations come to the changed needs of customers and the general decrease in the letter volume in response to the changed needs of customers. More information can be found at 5min.at and Post.at .