British Airways and Virgin will soon be the only European carriers flying to Australia following Austrian Airlines’ decision to drop Sydney and Melbourne from its network.
Rising fuel costs and uneconomical fares are behind Austrian’s decision to axe its nine times a week service to Sydney and Melbourne. Flights were operated by a mixture of B777s and B767s and it will also mean that Kuala Lumpur and Singapore (cities where the flights made an en route stop) will also be dropped.