New Year's range: Water pipe breaks, Aua flight is delayed considerably!

New Year's range: Water pipe breaks, Aua flight is delayed considerably!

Wien-Schwechat, Österreich - A curious incident employed the Austrian Airlines on New Year's Day: a replacement aircraft had to be organized due to a defective water pipe on board. The Airbus A321, which was to take off from Vienna-Schwechat to Amsterdam at 2:50 p.m., could not start his trip because the water pipe broke when the water tanks was filled. Such a technical defect is extremely rare, as krone.at reported.

The airline reacted quickly and searched for a replacement aircraft that was finally found. The new plane picked up on slopes 29 in Vienna at 5:18 p.m. with about two and a half hours. The return flight is also late, with a delay of about an hour and a half. The incident is called "strange" by an aviation magazine.

expansion of the air network

On the occasion of the upcoming airplan for the 2023 summer season, Austrian Airlines has also announced new destinations from Vienna-Schwechat. From the Easter holidays, the offer will be expanded to seven new goals, including Porto and Marseille. This strengthens the position of AUA as a leading airline in Vienna, such as meinbezirk.at . Among other things, the new connections include Billund in Denmark and Tivat in Montenegro and promise to resume the route to Vilnius, which had been removed from the program since the Covid 19 pandemic. The expansion of the AUA aims to offer the passengers a wider portfolio of European travel destinations and make the flight schedule more attractive.