Cheap Flights to Salzburg, Austria

Budget Airfares on Low-Cost Airlines Flying to Mozart Airport (SZG)

© Henk Bekker

Jan 11, 2008
Salzburg, Austria, © Tourismus Salzburg GmbH
Low-cost airlines offer cheap tickets and discount airfares on flights to Salzburg Airport (SZG) in Austria flying from London, the UK, Germany, and European cities.

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

Transportation To Salzburg Airport

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

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 B1from downtown Salzburg or from Germany.

  • Taxis and several shuttle services are available from the airport to Salzburg as well as ski resorts in the region.

  • By Bus
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.

  • Munich Airport (160 km / 100 miles) is the closest airport to Salzburg with intercontinental flight arrivals. Salzburg Airport is also very convenient for travelers to German destinations in Southern Bavaria such as Berchtesgaden and Bad Reichenhall.

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View of Salzburg Airport (SZG), Austria, © Martin Belam www.flickr.com/photos/currybet/
View of Salzburg Airport (SZG), Austria, ©  Uwe Strasser www.flickr.com/photos/herruwe
Mozart's Place of Birth, Salzburg, Austria, © Tourismus Salzburg GmbH
Salzburg, Austria, © Tourismus Salzburg GmbH
Salzburg, Austria, © Tourismus Salzburg GmbH


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