People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at

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History

Founded as People's Viennaline in 2010, the first revenue flight of the company took place on 27 March 2011. For several years, People's only operated a single scheduled route between its homebase and Vienna. However, the route network has since been expanded with some seasonal and charter services. 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

, Switzerland, to

Friedrichshafen Airport Friedrichshafen Airport (german: link=no, Flughafen Friedrichshafen, ; also known as ''Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen'') is a minor international airport 1.9 miles (3 km) north of Friedrichshafen, Germany, on the banks of Lake Constance ( ...

, Germany, took only eight minutes of flight over

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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. However, this entire route has been terminated entirely by the mid of April 2017 due to low passenger numbers.austrianwings.info - "People's Viennaline gives up Friedrichshafen and Cologne/Bonn"
(German) 31 March 2017 Shortly after, the airline announced plans to terminate its last remaining route from Friedrichshafen (to Vienna) as well.airliners.de - "People's Viennaline pulls out of Friedrichshafen"
(German) 3 April 2017 In May 2018, People's Viennaline announced a rebrand to the shortened ''People's'' in order to reflect their widened route network.ch-aviation.com - Austria's People's Viennaline rebrands as People's
18 May 2018 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.aerotelegraph.com - "People's shrinks to one aircraft"
(German) 22 October 2019

Destinations

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Current destinations

As of October 2019, People's operates one year-round scheduled route and some seasonal scheduled and charter services:
retrieved 22 October 2018 ;Austria * Vienna - Vienna International Airport ;Croatia *

Pula Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian language, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot language, Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene language, Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the List of cities and town ...

- Pula Airport, ''seasonal'' ;Greece *

Cephalonia Kefalonia or Cephalonia ( el, Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It i ...

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, ''seasonal'' *

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, ''seasonal'' ;Italy *

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...

- Cagliari Elmas Airport, ''seasonal charter'' * Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport, ''seasonal charter'' * Naples -

Naples International Airport Naples International Airport ( it, Aeroporto Internazionale di Napoli) is the intercontinental airport serving Naples and the Southern Italian region of Campania. According to 2019 data, the airport is the fifth-busiest airport in Italy and ...

, ''seasonal'' ;Spain *

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Palma de Mallorca Airport Palma de Mallorca Airport ( ca, Aeroport de Palma de Mallorca, es, link=no, Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca; ; also known as Son Sant Joan Airport or ''Aeroport de Son Sant Joan'') is an international airport located east of Palma, Mallorca, ...

, ''seasonal'' *

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Ibiza Airport Ibiza Airport ( ca, Aeroport d'Eivissa, es, Aeropuerto de Ibiza) is the international airport serving the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera in Spain located southwest of Ibiza Town. In 2020, the airport handled 2.1 million passeng ...

, ''seasonal'' * Menorca -

Menorca Airport Menorca Airport (; ca, Aeroport de Menorca, es, Aeropuerto de Menorca), also known as Mahón Menorca Airport is an international airport serving the island of Menorca, one of Spain's Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The airport is lo ...

, ''seasonal'' ;Switzerland * St. Gallen -

, base

Terminated destinations

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

- Bern Airport, ''seasonal charter'' *

Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...

- Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport, ''seasonal charter'' * Memmingen -

Memmingen Airport Memmingen Airport , also known as ''Allgäu Airport Memmingen'', is an international airport in the town of Memmingerberg near Memmingen, the third-largest city in the Swabia region of Bavaria. It is the smallest of the three commercial airport ...

, ''seasonal charter'' * Salzburg - Salzburg Airport, ''seasonal charter'' * Zurich - Zurich Airport, ''seasonal charter''

Fleet

As of November 2022, People's operates the following aircraft:peoples.ch - Flotte
(German) retrieved 2 November 2017

References

External links

Official website
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