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Transportation
by air
Vienna – Schwechat is the biggest international airport in Austria lies 18 km South of Vienna. The national airline is Austrian Airlines (www.aua.com). Other airlines approaching Vienna are Lauda Leisure Line, Duo and ANA. There are non-stop connections from Frankfurt via Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa, from Zurich with Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Air Berlin.
There are Cafés, Restaurants and bars, a supermarket, flower shops, duty free shops, over 70 shops, pharmacies, kiosks and boutiques. Besides there are medical facilities that are open 24 hours and a wellness centre with massage, douches, solarium and wellness bar. All care hiring services have an office desk at the airport.
The City Airport Train (CAT) connects the airport with the Central station in Vienna. The CAT goes every 30 minutes without any further stops. The tarin takes 16 minutes and a ticket costs € 9 (www.cityairporttrain.com). The S-Bahn S7 goes from the airport to the Südbahnhof. Lines go every 30 minutes between 5 am and 10.30 pm. A single ticket costs € 3 + € 1,50 for a ticket to the city centre. The motorways A4 and B9 connect the airport with the city. Airport busses go every 20 minutes between 6 am and 0.20 pm to Schwedenplatz and UNO-City, furthermore to Südtiroler Platz and Südbahnhof. A single ticket costs € 6 or € 4, 50.
by train
Vienna has three major train stations: the Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, the Südbahnhof and the Westbahnhof. Besides these three there are several small stations for the local traffic. The national transport is handled by the Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof and the stations in the North and centre of the city. The Stations in the West and South handle the main traffic and the intercity transport. People coming by plane can use the City Airport Train, which goes from the airport Wien-Schwechat to the city centre. There are also two very popular park trains: the Liliputhbahn Prater in the Vienna Prater and the Donauparkbahn in the Donau Park.
Like the trains the highways lead from the city starlike in different directions. Partly they are still named after destinations: (Bundesstraßen) Prager Straße B 3, Brünner Straße B 7, Triester Straße B 17. The same applies to the highways (Autobahnen): A1 Westautobahn, A 2 Südautobahn, A 4 Ostautobahn and A 22 Donauuferautobahn leave the city in star shape. A circular connection between A 2, A 4 and A 22 in the South is called A 23 Wiener Südoststangente for whose relief the S 1, the Vienna Außenring Schnellstraße was built.
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