Flights to Linz are operated from the Linz Airport located at Austria. The Linz Airport is also known as the Blue Danube Airport in Austria. The Blue Danube Airport is situated at a distance of fifteen kilometers from the city of Linz. The geographical co-ordinates of the Linz Airport are 48º14'N latitude and 14º11'15''E longitude. There are both passenger and cargo terminals at the Blue Danube Airport. There are three cargo terminals, where cargo flights can land, while the single passenger terminal caters to the passenger flights flying to the city. There are also eighteen aircraft stands at the airport.
The Blue Danube Airport providing the Linz flights serves more than six lakh passengers annually. The domestic flights to Linz are mainly operated by the Austrian Airlines. Viena, Graz and Salzburg are connected to Linz via these flights.
The Blue Danube airport at Linz is also served by several international flights. Some of the airlines, which operate international flights to the city from different parts of the world, are:
- Lufthansa German Airlines
- Austrian
- RyanAir
- Niki
- Air Alps
- Alitalia
- Air Malta
- MNG Airlines
- Fairline
- Sunexpress Air
- SATA-Air Acores
- Tunisair
- Hapag-Lloyd Express
Some of these airlines also operate regular cheap flights to Linz. However, the number of seats available is limited. Some of the airlines operating cheap flights to the city are:
- Lauda Air
- TUIfly
- Tyrolean Airways
- SterlingBlue
Linz is considered to be one of the largest cities of Austria. Linz is also the capital city of Upper Austria and is located in the northern regions of the country. The city is enveloped by the Danube River which is the longest one in the whole of European Union and the second longest one in Europe. The major tourist attractions at the Linz city include those of the Saint Mary's Cathedral, Brucknerhaus, Posrlinberg, the Linzer Lanschaftliche Theater or the Landestheater and the Gugl Stadium. Linz is also blessed with some of the most prominent universities of the world like the University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz, Catholic-Theological and the Anton Bruckner Private University for Music, Drama and Dance.
