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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 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
[edit]Founded as People's Viennaline in 2010, the first revenue flight of the company took place on 27 March 2011.[citation needed] For several years, People's only operated a single scheduled route between its St. Gallen and Vienna. However, the route network has since been expanded with some seasonal and charter services.[citation needed]
In November 2016, People's inaugurated the world's shortest international jet route (and, 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 of flight over Lake Constance and could have been booked individually. The airline faced severe criticism for this service from politicians and environmental organisations. This leg was part of its then new St.Gallen/Altenrhein-Friedrichshafen-Cologne/Bonn service.[3] However, this entire route was terminated entirely by the mid-April 2017 due to low passenger numbers.[4] Shortly after, the airline announced plans to terminate its last remaining route from Friedrichshafen (to Vienna) as well.[5]
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 aircraft and the closure of all charter operations outside of their St. Gallen-Althenrhein base.[6]
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 | [7][6] |
| Vienna | Vienna International Airport | [8] | ||
| Croatia | Pula | Pula Airport | Seasonal | |
| France | Corsica | Calvi–Sainte-Catherine Airport Sesaonal Charter | Terminated | [6] |
| Germany | Friedrichshafen | Friedrichshafen Airport | Terminated | |
| Memmingen | Memmingen Airport Sesaonal Charter | Terminated | [6] | |
| 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 Sesaonal Charter | Terminated | [6] |
| St. Gallen | St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport | Hub | ||
| Zürich | Zürich Airport Sesaonal Charter | Terminated | [9][6] |
Fleet
[edit]As of August 2025[update], People's operates the following aircraft:[10]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embraer 170 | 1 | — | 76 | ||||
| Total | 1 | — | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c peoples.ch - Timetable retrieved 22 October 2018
- ^ a b c ch-aviation.com - Austria's People's Viennaline rebrands as People's 18 May 2018
- ^ "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
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
External links
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Media related to People’s at Wikimedia Commons
