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| Founded | 2010 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2011 | ||||||
Operating bases | St. Gallen–Altenrhein Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 11 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria | ||||||
| Key people | Thomas Krutzler (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | peoples.ch | ||||||
People's,[2] branded as People's ViennaLine until May 2018,[2] and legally registered as Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH, is an Austro-Swiss airline headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland.[1]
History
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Founded as People's Viennaline in 2010, the first revenue flight took place on 27 March 2011.[3] For several years, People's only operated a single scheduled route between St. Gallen and Vienna. However, the route network has since been expanded with some seasonal and charter services to some Mediterranean holiday areas.
In November 2016, People's inaugurated the world's shortest international jet route (after St. Maarten-Anguilla, second shortest international route overall). The flight from St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, Switzerland, to Friedrichshafen Airport, Germany, took only eight minutes over Lake Constance and was bookable individually. The airline faced severe criticism for this service from politicians and environmental organisations. This short leg was part of its then new St.Gallen/Altenrhein-Friedrichshafen-Cologne/Bonn service.[4] However, this route was terminated entirely by mid-April 2017 due to low passenger numbers.[5] Shortly after, the airline announced plans to terminate its last remaining route from Friedrichshafen to Vienna.[6]
In May 2018, People's Viennaline announced a rebrand to the shortened People's in order to reflect their widened route network.[2] In October 2019, the airline announced major restructuring measures mainly consisting of the phase-out of one of their two Embraer 170 regional jetliners and the closure of all charter operations departing from St. Gallen-Althenrhein airport.[7]
Destinations
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As of October 2019, People's operated one year-round scheduled route and some seasonal scheduled and charter services:[1]
| Country | City | Airport | Notes | Refs |
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| Austria | Salzburg | Salzburg Airport Seasonal Charter | Terminated | [8][7] |
| Vienna | Vienna International Airport | [9] | ||
| Croatia | Pula | Pula Airport | Seasonal | |
| France | Corsica | Calvi–Sainte-Catherine Airport Seasonal Charter | Terminated | [7] |
| Germany | Friedrichshafen | Friedrichshafen Airport | Terminated | |
| Memmingen | Memmingen Airport Seasonal Charter | Terminated | [7] | |
| Greece | Cephalonia | Cephalonia International Airport | Seasonal | |
| Preveza | Aktion National Airport | Seasonal | ||
| Italy | Cagliari | Cagliari Elmas Airport | Seasonal Charter | |
| Naples | Naples International Airport | Seasonal | ||
| Olbia | Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport | Seasonal Charter | ||
| Spain | Ibiza | Ibiza Airport | Seasonal | |
| Menorca | Menorca Airport | Seasonal | ||
| Palma de Mallorca | Palma de Mallorca Airport | Seasonal | ||
| Switzerland | Bern | Bern Airport Seasonal Charter | Terminated | [7] |
| St. Gallen | St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport | Hub | ||
| Zürich | Zürich Airport Sesaonal Charter | Terminated | [10][7] | |
Fleet
[edit]As of August 2025[update], People's operates the following aircraft:[11]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
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| Embraer 170 | 1 | — | 76 | ||||
| Total | 1 | — | |||||
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 peoples.ch - Timetable retrieved 22 October 2018
- 1 2 3 ch-aviation.com - Austria's People's Viennaline rebrands as People's 18 May 2018
- ↑ World Airlines 2012, Flightglobal, Reed Business Information Ltd., Sutton (Surrey), U.K., p. 115
- ↑ "Kürzester internationaler Linienflug". 2 November 2016.
- ↑ austrianwings.info - "People's Viennaline gives up Friedrichshafen and Cologne/Bonn" (German) 31 March 2017
- ↑ airliners.de - "People's Viennaline pulls out of Friedrichshafen" (German) 3 April 2017
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 aerotelegraph.com - "People's shrinks to one aircraft" (German) 22 October 2019
- ↑ "Peoples fliegt Charterflüge ab Salzburg - Austrian Aviation Net". www.austrianaviation.net. Archived from the original on 2017-10-12.
- ↑ "Animawings: Bucharest - Cluj, Iași, Oradea, Paris, Larnaca from September 2024". boardingpass.ro. 15 May 2024.
- ↑ "Fluglinie People's - Destinationen ab Altenrhein".
- ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - People's". Airliner World: 51. September 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- "People's Viennairline", Airliner World monthly magazine, Key Publishing Ltd., March 2012
External links
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Media related to People’s at Wikimedia Commons
