Salzburg’s W A Mozart Airport (SZG) is conveniently located for travelers to the Mozart city as well as the excellent ski resorts in the Salzburg region. Direct flights are available from many European cities although often only a few times per week – Saturdays are particularly busy.
A huge number of charter flights are also available to Salzburg from all parts of Europe – reservations for these are usually linked to all inclusive ski vacation packages.
Cheap Flights to Salzburg Airport (SZG) from Great Britain
Several airlines fly from Salzburg (SZG) to different cities in the United Kingdom:
- Low-cost airline Ryanair (FR) flies to Bristol, East Midlands, Liverpool, and three times daily to London-Stansted (STN).
- Low-cost airline Thomsonfly (TOM) flies to Bournemouth, Coventry, Doncaster Sheffield, London-Gatwick (LGW), and Manchester.
- Low-cost airline Flybe (BE) flies to Exeter and Southampton.
- British Airways (BA) flies daily to London-Gatwick (LGW).
- GB Airways (GT) flies to Manchester on behalf of British Airways.
- Low-cost airline Jet2com (LS) flies to Leeds.
With the exception of flights to Great Britain, competition is limited on many routes.
Cheap Flights to Salzburg Airport (SZG) from Germany
After UK destinations, the largest number of flights from Salzburg goes to German airports:
- Low-cost airline TUIfly (X3) flies to Berlin-Tegel (TXL), Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, and Köln-Bonn (Cologne CGN).
- Low-cost airline Air Berlin (AB) flies to Düsseldorf and Nürnberg (Nuremberg)
- Austrian Airlines (operated by Tyrolean Airlines and code sharing with Lufthansa) flies five times daily to Frankfurt (FRA) and twice daily to Düsseldorf via Linz.
Flights to Salzburg Airport (SZG) from Austria
Austrian Airlines (operated by Tyrolean Airlines) have flights to Salzburg from other Austrian cities. Linz can be reached twice daily on flights taking only half an hour and Vienna up to four times per day in 40 minutes.
Flights to Salzburg Airport (SZG) from Other European Cities
Several other European cities can be reached on non-stop flights from Salzburg (SZG):
- Aer Lingus (EI) flies to Dublin.
- Air Union / Kras Air (7B) flies to Moscow (DME).
- Cirrus Airlines (C9) flies up to three times daily on behalf of Swiss to Zurich.
- Finnair (AY) flies to Helsinki.
- Iceland Air (FI) flies to Reykjavik.
- Niki flies to Lanzarote (and continues to Fuerteventura), Palma, and Tenerife.
- Low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY) flies to Bergen, Oslo, and Warsaw.
- Low-cost airline Ryanair (FR) flies to Dublin, Göteborg, St Petersburg, and Stockholm (NYO) in addition to UK destinations listed above.
- Denmark-based low-cost airline Sterling Airways (NB) flies to Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm (ARN).
- Dutch low-cost airline Transavia Airlines (HV) flies to Rotterdam
Cheap Transportation to Salzburg Airport in Austria
Salzburg Airport is 4 km (2.5 miles) from the center of Salzburg (15 minutes by car) and 2 km (1.2 miles) from the Austrian-German border. Few airports can be reached as easily or as cheaply.
- By Car to Salzburg Airport
Salzburg Airport is easiest reached by car from Autobahn A1, exit Flughafen – an Austrian Autobahn Vignette is compulsory. Drivers without the vignette can use the Innsbrucker Bundestraße B1 from downtown Salzburg or from Germany.
Taxis and several ski shuttle transfer services are available from the airport to Salzburg as well as ski resorts in the region.
- By Bus to Salzburg Airport
Bus line 2 connects Salzburg Flughafen (Airport) and Hauptbahnhof (Main Train Station) up to 6 times per hour in 20 minutes for €1.80 (US$2.65). Bus services are available directly from the airport to several other Austrian towns such as St. Johann and Kitzbühel as well Bad Reichenhall in Germany.
See Cheap Transportation to Salzburg Airport for updated information on new bus services between Salzburg Airport, downtown Salzburg, and Salzburg train station.
Henk Bekker - Henk Bekker is a freelance travel writer currently living on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
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