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Austrian’s seasonal ‘Skibus’ service connects passengers to Innsbruck with the top Alpine resorts of St. Anton, Ischgl and Soelden. In time for Christmas and the prime ski season Austrian is launching a ‘Skibus’ service that will take passengers from Innsbruck directly to the slopes of the top Alpine resorts.
Between 27 November 2008 and 19 April 2009 the Austrian ‘Skibus’ will connect with Austrian flights to Innsbruck to offer passengers a seamless service to the resorts of St. Anton, Ischgl and Soelden. ‘Skibus’ services to all three resorts will operate twice daily, Thursday to Sunday, in both directions.
The ‘Skibus’ service is scheduled to take approximately one and a half hours from Innsbruck to each of the three resorts and is timed to connect with Austrian’s flights, including perfect connections from London. For example, passengers leaving London at 06.05 (OS458) will be in the resort of their choice by 13.05, alternatively a departure at 12.55 (OS454) will see passengers arriving in the resort at 20.35. The return is equally simple; buses depart the resorts at 06.00 to connect with OS916/453 to arrive back in London by 12.05 a later departure at 15.10 connects with OS912/457 to be in London at 21.35. From plane to bus there is a minimum connection time of 25 minutes whilst from bus to plane the connection time is one hour.
Passengers can book the connecting bus service by phone (0870 1 242625) or at the web site (www.austrian.com), entering the final, resort destination code does this: St. Anton (XOV), Ischgl (XOI) and Soelden (XOO). A complete through fare will be quoted; normal child and infant discounts will be applied across the entire journey. ‘Skibus’ tickets cannot be sold separately and cannot be booked once in transit, bus seats are not sold on the aircraft.
Passengers using the ‘Skibus’ service will normally be transferred to the main Tourist Office in the resort but direct transportation to hotels can be accommodated.
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