People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an

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headquartered in

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. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at

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in Switzerland.

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

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. 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

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, 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. 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

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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 *

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- Vienna International Airport ;Croatia *Pula - Pula Airport, ''seasonal'' ;Greece *Cephalonia - Cephalonia International Airport, ''seasonal'' *Preveza - Aktion National Airport, ''seasonal'' ;Italy *Cagliari - Cagliari Elmas Airport, ''seasonal charter'' *Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport, ''seasonal charter'' *Naples - Naples International Airport, ''seasonal'' ;Spain *Palma de Mallorca - Palma de Mallorca Airport, ''seasonal'' *Ibiza - Ibiza Airport, ''seasonal'' *Menorca - Menorca Airport, ''seasonal'' ;Switzerland *St. Gallen -

, base

Terminated destinations

*Bern - Bern Airport, ''seasonal charter'' *Corsica - Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport, ''seasonal charter'' *Memmingen - Memmingen 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
{{Airlines of Austria Airlines of Austria Airlines established in 2010