About Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines is Austria’s largest airline as well as flag carrier of Austria and is assumed to be a low cost air carrier. It is headquartered in the grounds of Vienna International Airport in Schwechat. It was established as Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG through the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways and began operations on 30 September 1957. The domestic service by this airline was launched on 1 May 1963 and it began transatlantic services on 1 April 1969 with a Vienna via Brussels to New York service in co-operation with Sabena.
The first Jet Airliner, “Sud Aviation Caravelle” was ordered by Austrian Airlines on 18 February 1963 and this Jet Airliner started to operate from 1973. Austrian Airlines started to standardize its fleet in a short period of time in favor of 9 Douglas DC-9-32. These Douglas serve for many years on short and medium-haul flights. In year 1977, it became the first Customer for the DC-9-80 (or McDonnell Douglas MD-80) along with Swissair.
About Skopje (SKP)
Skopje is the largest and the main capital city of the Republic of Macedonia. It is located in the Povardarie region. Being a largest and the most diverse city in the country, thousands of visitors like to visit it every year with their families and friends. Skopje is Republic of Macedonia's main political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The city was also well-known in the Roman period under the name Scupi. The city has been inhabited by numbers of different people since its establishment. Today, Skopje is becoming a modern city with numerous attractive sightseeing that magnetize number of tourist every year all over the world. There are many must see sights such as Warrior on a Horse, Kale Fortress, Stone Bridge, Porta Macedonia, Macedonia Square, Parliament Building, Feudal Tower, Double Hamam, Bedesten, Clock Tower, Bey's Tower, Daut Pasha Hamam, Aqueduct Museum of Archaeology, Old Railway Station– Skopje City Museum, Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, Natural Science Museum, Macedonian National Museum & Icon Gallery, St. Kliment of Ohrid Cathedral, Mother Teresa House, Mustafa Pasha Mosque, Ishak beg Mosque, Jahja Pasha Mosque and many others that attract a large number of tourist from all across the country. Old Bazaar, Ramstore Mall, Bit Pazar, Bunjakovec, City Gallery, Biser and so on are some famous shopping malls and centres where one can do shopping for all kind of stuff. You can easily find mid-range hotels and restaurants here in Skopje which include Imperial Hotel, Hotel Restaurant NewStar, Holiday Inn Skopje, Gino Italian Restaurant, Mirko 919,Zanzibar Pizza and many others that offer you all kind of food, diverse range of cuisines as well as good staying options . Entire city is well-linked with transport services and one can easily use public transport to explore Skopje. MakeMyTrip.com is a trustworthy online travel portal where one can get detailed information about the city, its major attractions and transportation. One can do online air ticket booking as you just need to follow few simple steps. MakeMyTrip.com offers huge discounts on each booking and you can plan for a budget-friendly trip with family and friends.
About Skopje Airport
1043 Petrovec, Republic of Macedonia
Tel: 389 (2) 3148 300 | 389 (2) 3148 360 | 389 (2) 3148 333