World's Best "Holiday" Business Class?? Austrian Airlines 777 from New York to Vienna!
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- When the holidays roll around, Vienna turns into a bit of a winter wonderland. Think Christmas markets, carriage rides, ice skating, and enough Glühwein to fill the Danube. So when presented with the opportunity to fly Austria's flag carrier - Austrian Airlines - in Business Class to Vienna in late November, I of course couldn't turn it down. Though their planes are quite old, I had heard amazing things about Austrian's crews, onboard service and food/drink. DO&CO - the "gold standard" of airline catering - is based in Vienna and provides meals (& onboard chefs!!) to Austrian.
Now.... despite being a member of the formidable Lufthansa Group (and Star Alliance), Austrian keeps a fairly low profile. Their fleet is a modest 65 planes (with only 9 long-haul) and they carried just over 11 million passengers in 2022. Lufthansa, by comparison, flies 385+ planes and carried 50+ million passengers in 2022.
So how will Austrian's business class stack up to the likes of Lufthansa and the other big European carriers? Join me on this special 777 flight from Newark to Vienna to find out!!
Flight Details:
Airline / Flight No: Austrian Airlines (OS) 90
Aircraft Type: Boeing 777-200 (OE-LPE)
From: New York / Newark, NJ, USA (EWR)
To: Vienna, Austria (VIE)
Departure Time: 19 November 2023 5:55pm ET
Arrival Time: 20 November 2023 8:15am CET
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:17 Check-in at Newark Terminal B
04:06 United Polaris Lounge
07:17 Boarding
10:25 Pushback, Taxi and Takeoff
12:56 Onboard Service
17:49 Lav Tour and Bedtime Prep
19:47 Sunrise, Approach and Landing Into Vienna Airport
22:30 Final Thoughts
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One of the 4 Best Airline in the world.
Austrian just one of the best.
Austrian has the best Catering in BIC of all Airlines in the World👍
Newark, I was so disappointed by the airport. Crowded passport and security line. No dutyfree, luckily I had access to the lounge which was poor too.
Austrian? I love it!
Austrian AIrlines Have Great Cabin Crew,My Opinion.Great Trip Report
excited to get on their new 787s soon
Underrated
Love your Austrian review Peter!! I think they are so much better than Lufthansa. The service seemed so friendly and the food looked great (I’m GF too)
Didn't know much about Austrian.. Good video
Lovely review, thank you for sharing! ☺
I loved this video! I just booked a roundtrip Austrian Air Biz BOS-VIE w/ points for December. 140K +$140 per person... I was kind of regretting it after I read about some of the negative reviews... Your very thorough and fun review totally helped me to feel at ease with my decision. Yes, it still is a lot of points for the old plane for an 8 hr flight - but as you said the quality of the service + food, non-stop flight, + UA Polaris Lounge will make up for it. Thank you so much! p/s/ I loved the chia pudding part - that's exactly what I do when I travel!! 😁
Thank you Iris and safe travels! There’s something magical about Vienna in winter, I think you’re going to love it
Fun fact, on goolge maps you can currently find an Austrian B777 at the exact same gate in Newark.
lol good find 😂 another good illustration of how small that B satellite is… the plane is almost as big as the terminal
I like the conversation about the tower and apron part.
cheers,
airroneworld
Awesome video!! A++. Looking Fwd to their brand-new 787-9's summer 2024... Some new eye candy when I spot at LAX.
EWR was my base airport for almost 10 years, I can't help laughing when seeing your video about Newark airport's history....lol, just subscribed, you look handsome, btw. 😛
Peter you’re killing it! Unique reviews and so great to watch. I’d love to see you do some staples like Qantas transpacific, Delta One transatlantic, Qatar Q suite, and/or ANA the Room. I trust your reviews and would love to see your takes.
Note: Sorry if you’ve already reviewed these, still working through your vids!
Thank you!! Glad you’re enjoying them! And boy I would love to fly any and all of those products… just need to find a cost effective way to do it! 😃 And time of course, since I also have a full time job
There is something about Peter that is unique , great reviews , no drama , one of the best av guys on CZcams
can someone add some helpful information? I plan to go from New York to Milan for my daughter's 13th birthday. Boy, would I love to attend business class for the first time? I have gotten some discounted fares, but with further research, I found out that, for example, Luftsnsa feels like a southwest flight. I’ve discovered this very charming video, and I’m wondering if it is worth the price of $2600 or so to go business class or if there is another airline that you recommend from New York to Milan.
Love the inclusion of the ATC! what app do you use for that info? Thanks
1. Fire alarm in the terminal
2. Red uniforms
3. Ground speed = 666mph
4. Warm cabin
Yeah it could just be you 😈
Hahaha didn't even notice the 666 🤣
Try Brussels Airlines Business..in my opinion their Business is even better than the very good Austrian one:)
Great video. My dad is from Kitzbuhel in austria. Can you review a Qantas flight to or from Australia one day? 🦘🦘
“You are Mr. Berlin?! Woawow!”
Wasn't expecting that reaction for sure
Looks like an oldie but goodie product, if Newark wasn't such a pain to get to from Manhattan (where I usually stay), in both time and money. But that lounge though!
- Red
Thanks for watching Red!! Agree, Newark is a bit of a headache to get to, but sometimes the fares outta there are so cheap that it’s worth braving the Path hahaha. And also worth checking out the new Terminal A if you haven’t already!
austrian flies into JFK as well
Hello! Can i ask how you get those ATC conversations? With an app? Thank you in advance 🎉
I get them from liveatc.net - the recordings are only available for some airports (hence why I couldn’t get the approach and landing into Vienna). There must be hundreds of airports on there and thousands of hours of ATC recordings so have fun!!