SINGAPORE, 27 March 2025: Star Alliance, together with 25 member airlines, welcomed ÖBB as its newest intermodal partner, which will allow customers of ÖBB and Star Alliance member airlines to seamlessly begin or conclude their long-distance journey on ÖBB’s Railjet trains.
The connections between airlines and trains will be available to and from Graz, Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck in Austria.
Star Alliance Chief Executive Officer Theo Panagiotoulias stated: “Air and Rail have complemented each other as transport modes for several years around the world, and we are proud to welcome ÖBB, the Austrian Federal Railways, to the Star Alliance family. Customers can now travel from Singapore to Salzburg with a single ticket, switching from a flight to Railjet at the Vienna airport. I am confident that not only will this partnership offer more choice, but it will also enhance the seamlessness in customer journeys.”
ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) CEO Andreas Matthä commented: “Traveling from the main train stations in Linz, Salzburg, Graz, or Innsbruck to destinations worldwide will soon be even easier.
This will make train journeys an even more flexible and seamless part of air travel — not just with one airline group, but a global network of 25 airlines.”
The partnership is founded on ÖBB and Austrian Airlines’ long-standing cooperation to offer rail-to-air connectivity, known as AIRail, which was launched in 2014. It has allowed passengers to travel conveniently between major Austrian cities and Vienna Airport by train, with integrated ticketing and check-in services.
Introduced in August 2022 with Germany’s Deutsche Bahn, the Star Alliance Intermodal Partnership model allows an alliance-wide airline network to be combined with a railway, bus and ferry.
Customer benefits
More booking convenience: Customers will receive a combined ticket for the flight and train journeys, including seat reservations, in a single booking process.
More check-in convenience: Customers can check in online or at one of the ÖBB Travel Centers in Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck and receive boarding passes for both flight and train journeys.
About Star Alliance
The member airlines are Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Avianca, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAP Air Portugal, THAI, Turkish Airlines, and United.
