A Setback for the Airport

Turkish Airline Cuts Vacation Flights to Linz

Linz Airport intends to find replacements for the canceled flights.(Bild: Flughafen Linz)

This is the latest setback for Linz Airport: Corendon Airlines is reducing its vacation flights to Upper Austria’s capital this coming summer. However, the airport plans to secure replacements through other tour operators.

This summer, charter flights will operate regularly from Linz to a total of 13 destinations. Three of these destinations are served by the Turkish airline Corendon Airlines—and these flights will be reduced in the upcoming summer flight schedule starting at the end of March 2027.

Specifically, this affects the following flights: Corendon Airlines currently flies to Hurghada, Egypt, twice a week—the airline will completely discontinue this route next summer. The current four weekly flights to Antalya, Turkey, will be reduced to two or three flights. And next summer, one of the current three weekly flights to Heraklion, Greece, is expected to be discontinued.

“Strategic realignment” cited as reason
In an interview with the “Krone,” airport spokesperson Ingo Hagedorn cited a “strategic realignment” of the Turkish airline as the reason for the cutbacks (the “OÖN” was the first to report on this). The reduction had been foreshadowed, as Corendon had already canceled several flights from Linz in June of this year—at the time, the war in Iran was cited as the reason, as reported by the “Krone.”

Airport Plans to Replace Canceled Flights
Linz Airport plans to make up for the Turkish airline’s cancellations next summer. “There’s a new airline for Antalya—that’s already confirmed,” says Hagedorn. Talks with airlines are also reportedly underway for the other two destinations, Hurghada and Heraklion. In total, three new airlines could make up for Corendon’s cancellations—at least if Linz Airport’s plans work out. To what extent this will succeed, however, remains unclear. Hagedorn expects a decision in the coming weeks.

In any case, this is the latest setback for the airport, which is already in serious financial trouble. As previously reported, the Ryanair route from Linz to London will also be discontinued starting with the winter flight schedule at the end of October.