The City Airport Train connects the Vienna International Airport

Vienna International Airport

Vienna International Airport , located in Schwechat and southeast of central Vienna, is the busiest and biggest airport in Austria. It is often referred to as Schwechat, the name of the county it is in. The airport is capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340...

 directly to the Wien Mitte railway station close to the Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 city center daily from 5:38 am to 11:35 pm.

Basic facts

The runs on the same rails as the but takes only 16 minutes from the Airport to the Wien Mitte station, compared to 25 minutes for the S7. A CAT ticket costs between 8 and 12 Euro, while S7 tickets cost 3.60 Euro. Both CAT and S7 run twice an hour during the day.

Passengers can check in up to 75 minutes prior to departure for a number of airlines.

In 2008 nearly 1.1 million passengers were transported.

Corporate structure and leadership

To operate the CAT an operating company named City Air Terminal Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. owned 50.1% by Vienna Airport

Vienna International Airport

Vienna International Airport , located in Schwechat and southeast of central Vienna, is the busiest and biggest airport in Austria. It is often referred to as Schwechat, the name of the county it is in. The airport is capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340...

 and 49.9% by Austrian Federal Railways was established. First registered in 1974, the company became operative in 2002.

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