People's, branded as People's ViennaLine until May 2018, and legally registered as Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH, is an Austro-Swiss airline headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland.
History
Founded as People's Viennaline in 2010, the first revenue flight took place on 27 March 2011.[1] For several years, People's only operated a single scheduled route between St. Gallen and Vienna. However, the route network has since been expanded with some seasonal and charter services to some Mediterranean holiday areas.
In November 2016, People's inaugurated the world's shortest international jet route (after St. Maarten-Anguilla, second shortest international route overall). The flight from St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, Switzerland, to Friedrichshafen Airport, Germany, took only eight minutes over Lake Constance and could have been booked individually. The airline faced severe criticism for this service from politicians and environmental organisations. This short leg was part of its then new St.Gallen/Altenrhein-Friedrichshafen-Cologne/Bonn service.[2]