About this route
Route overview
The VIE -> WAW inter-airport route links the Austrian Airlines long-haul hub in Schwechat with the LOT US hub in Chopin: arrivals into Vienna from Tokyo Haneda (ANA, Austrian), Bangkok, Singapore, Newark (United) or Chicago (American) and continuations on LOT out of Warsaw to New York JFK, Toronto and Doha. 670 km via the Austrian A4 to the Drasenhofen / Mikulov border (Schengen, no checks), D2 to Brno, D1 and A1 through Ostrava and Katowice, S8 into Warsaw, 7 - 8 h off-peak. Bottlenecks are the D1 around Brno (roadworks) and the S8 approach into Warsaw during the 7-9 and 16-19 peak hours (up to 60 min added), Friday afternoons can add 90 min. The service runs 24/7, so we also handle early Chopin departures (LOT to New York 10:55, to Toronto 13:30) after an evening VIE arrival. We recommend a 5 hour buffer before an LOT transatlantic departure and 4 hours for European flights. Mercedes E-Class from EUR 1,850 for 1-3 passengers, V-Class from EUR 2,200 for 4-6.