Estonian Air will start flights to Vienna and Hannover
23.11.2011
Starting from spring 2012, Estonian Air will open two new destinations to Europe’s key transit centres: on 25 March flights to Vienna with six flights a week and on 2 April to Hannover with six flights a week.
Estonian Air will open several new routes in 2012 to Europe’s most important cities as well as less known regional centres in Nordic countries. ”The logic behind the selection of these destinations is to develop Tallinn into a hub. This will bring more passengers to Estonia using Tallinn Airport as a transfer point in their journey onwards,” noted Tero Taskila, CEO of Estonian Air.
”Vienna is a major transit centre enabling us to cover the Balkan and Southern Europe regions in the future. Austria, which is known for its attractive travel and tourism environments, is also worth of visiting for skiing and city breaks,” explained Rauno Parras, Estonian Air Commercial Manager, reasons behind the decisions.
”Another new destination – Hannover – has geographically very good location residing in the middle of Germany. Also, Deutsche Bahn’s biggest centre is located in Hannover. Good connections with Deutsche Bahn from Hannover, customers can get to major cities in Germany and surrounding countries within 2 hour transit times. Tickets to Deutsche Bahn's attractive rail network can be bought from biggest travel agents together with Estonian Air tickets,” noted Rauno Parras.
„As additional benefit our passengers arriving from Tallinn in Hannover will receive a free HannoverCard during the first year of operation (until 24 March 2013) as well as a free ticket for fairs taking place at that time in Hannover. The HannoverCard, that can be obtained by showing the boarding pass in the Hannover airport information desk, is a travel pass for all busses, S-Bahn trains, and trams within the entire Greater Hannover transport network (GVH),” added Parras.
One-way fares from Tallinn to Vienna and Hannover start from 59.90 EUR and from Vienna to Tallinn from 74.66 EUR and from Hannover to Tallinn 70.95 EUR, if purchased from
www.estonian-air.com. The price includes all fees and taxes, subject to availability.
Estonian Air will serve the routes with 88-seater CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. Tallinn-Vienna flight duration is 2 hour and 10 minutes and Tallinn-Hanover 1 hour 55 minutes.
The core of Estonian Air’s new strategy is to connect Estonia better with the world, and thus improving the country’s global competitiveness. During 2012-2013 Estonian Air will focus on its position at home and nearby markets. That enables the company to enlarge the home market, to achieve sustainable growth and improve its economical results.
For more information please visit our website
www.estonian-air.com, contact Estonian Air Customer Service +372 6401 162 (from abroad), 16 101 (in Estonia), or contact your travel agency.
