Austrian Airlines · Flight attendant / steward
Cabin crew - Vienna base
Austrian Airlines is recruiting cabin crew based at Vienna Airport. The role involves welcoming passengers, ensuring safety on board and offering the airline's catering products.
- Airline
- Austrian Airlines
- Position
- Flight attendant / steward
- Location
- Vienna Airport, Austria
- Posted
- 24 September 2026
The essentials
- Based at Vienna Airport
- Starting salary under the collective agreement of €37,736.72 gross per year full-time after training
- Gross training allowance of €1,343.95
- Pay supplemented by travel allowances, performance bonuses and sales commissions
- Possible progression to trainer or onboard supervisory roles
What the posting asks for
- Be at least 18 years old
- Austrian Matura (school-leaving certificate), apprenticeship or equivalent training
- European passport or unrestricted access to the Austrian labour market
- Able to swim unaided
- Able to reach Vienna Airport within 90 minutes when on standby
- Flexible for irregular working hours and rosters
- German at least C1 level and English at least B2 level
- Comfortable with sales
- Completed military or civilian service for male Austrian citizens
What the airline offers
- Training before taking up the position
- Pay under the collective agreement with allowances, bonuses and commissions
How the selection works
- Submit a covering letter
- Submit an up-to-date CV
- Submit a copy of a valid passport
- Submit a copy of the highest qualification obtained
Summary written by Escale CCA from the airline's posting, which is the only authoritative text: read it in full before applying.
European airline group (network carriers, multiple hubs)
Lufthansa Group: what to know
Austrian Airlines
Lufthansa is Germany's historic airline and the parent company of Lufthansa Group, which brings together Austrian Airlines, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Discover Airlines, Edelweiss and Lufthansa City Airlines, among others, along with a stake in ITA Airways. A co-founder of Star Alliance, it operates from Frankfurt and Munich, with the group also having other hubs in Zurich, Vienna, Brussels and Rome.
- Hub: Frankfurt am Main and Munich (Lufthansa); other group hubs: Zurich, Vienna, Brussels and Rome
- 715 aircraft
- 330 destinations
- Founded 1926
Cabin crew recruitment at Lufthansa Group
Conditions stated by the airline
- Group (FAQ): minimum age of 18, with no other age limit up to the legal retirement age
- Lufthansa City Airlines (vacancy of 2 October 2026, Munich and Frankfurt): be 18 years old at the start of training
- City Airlines: completed schooling or vocational training; in the case of a Hauptschulabschluss, an additional two years' work experience
- City Airlines: valid passport with no restrictions
- City Airlines: very good knowledge of German and English (B2 level minimum)
- City Airlines: confident swimming ability
- City Airlines: medical fitness to fly (positive assessment) and positive reliability check (ZUP)
- City Airlines: personal mobile phone with a contract; well-groomed appearance and manner suited to passengers' expectations
- City Airlines, "with experience" vacancy (18 August 2026): valid CCA and at least 12 months' flying experience (not required in the "without experience" vacancy)
- Austrian Airlines (vacancy of 24 September 2026, Vienna, part-time): minimum age 18
- Austrian: Matura, apprenticeship or comparable completed vocational training
- Austrian: European Union passport or unrestricted access to the Austrian labour market
- Austrian: German at C1 level minimum and English at B2 level minimum
- Austrian: confident swimming ability, without aids
- Austrian: able to reach Vienna Airport within 90 minutes at most when on standby duty, and accept irregular hours and rostering
- Austrian: flair and talent for sales; for male Austrian nationals, completed military or civilian service
Selection steps stated
- Online application for a published vacancy (no speculative applications)
- Online tests depending on the position (some positions have none)
- Interview or assessment day by invitation
- Reliability check (ZUP) and medical fitness-to-fly check, required by the vacancies
The addresses karriere.lufthansagroup.com and careers.lufthansagroup.com do not respond: the actual portal is lufthansagroup.careers (vacancies at apply.lufthansagroup.careers), whose per-airline FAQ pages now redirect to a general FAQ; the requirements above come from the 2026 City Airlines and Austrian vacancies, vary by airline, and the exact order of the selection steps is not detailed for cabin crew.
Tips for applying
Within the group, cabin crew recruitment is carried out airline by airline, through vacancies published on the group's careers portal, and requirements differ from one airline to another. The 2026 vacancies for Lufthansa City Airlines (Munich, Frankfurt) and Austrian Airlines (Vienna) both require German and English, from B2 level for the former and with C1 level German for the latter. The City Airlines "with experience" vacancy requires a valid CCA and 12 months' flying experience, whereas the "without experience" vacancy does not mention the CCA among its requirements.
See the full Lufthansa Group guide →Official recruitment page ↗
Prepare for this selection
Read the posting in full before applying: the conditions (minimum age, languages, right to work in the base's country, CCA or equivalent training) are set by the airline and vary from one to another.
The CCA is required to work as cabin crew. Depending on the airline, it is required before applying or issued at the end of the airline's own initial training: the posting says which.
Selection usually has several steps (online application, tests or interview, sometimes a group assessment day). Prepare an up-to-date CV in English, a precise reason for choosing this airline, and practise spoken English and situational exercises.
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