Austrian Airlines
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| Austrian Airlines | ||
|---|---|---|
| IATA OS | ICAO AUA |
Callsign Austrian |
| Founded | 1958 | <tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Vienna International Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Focus cities / secondary hubs</th><td>Innsbruck Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Frequent flyer program</th><td>Miles & More</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Member lounge</th><td>Senator Lounge</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Alliance</th><td>Star Alliance</td></tr>|
| Fleet size | 109 | |
| Destinations | 101 | |
| Headquarters | Image:Flag of Austria.svg Vienna, Austria | |
| Key people | Alfred Ötsch (CEO), Thomas Kleibl (CFO) | |
| Website: http://www.aua.com | ||
Austrian Airlines (Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG) is the flag carrier airline of Austria, with its headquarters in Vienna. Its main base is Vienna International Airport (VIE).
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[edit] History
The airline was founded on 30 September 1957, making its maiden flight on 18 March 1958 when a Vickers Viscount 779 took off from Vienna for London, England. Austrian Airlines was formed through the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways. The airline's transatlantic services began on 1 April 1969 with a Vienna to Brussels and New York service in co-operation with Sabena.
Austrian Airlines is owned by ÖIAG (39.7%), floating stock (43.5%), Austrian institutional investors (10.3%) and Air France (1.5%). It also wholly owns subsidiary airlines, Austrian Arrows and Lauda Air and has a 62% share in Slovak Airlines. On 1 October 2004 the Flight Operations Departments of Austrian and Lauda Air were merged into a single unit, leaving Lauda Air as a brand name only for charter flights. It had 5,163 employees at January 2005.
[edit] Destinations
In 2006 Austrian dominates the market for flights from/to Central- and Eastern Europe.
Austrian's longest routes are from Vienna to Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, via Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, respectively, which will end on March 25, 2007.
[edit] New Routes
It has increased the frequency of flights Vienna-Moscow by adding a third flight Mondays through Thursdays departing Vienna in the morning and operated with an Airbus 319. It has resumed nonstop service Vienna-Beirut on June 2006. It is operating 3 flights a week departing Vienna on Wed/Fri/Sunday and Beirut on Mon/Thu/Saturday using an Airbus 320. As of 11.December 2006 Austrian Airlines will commence scheduled operations to Erbil twice a week. A new flight from Vienna to Amritsar will start in 2007.
[edit] New long-haul business class
Between July 2006 and May 2007, Austrian will be replacing the “Austrian Business Class” service on their Boeing long-haul fleet on a step-by-step basis. Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft will not be fitted with the new business class, as they are being phased out of the long-haul fleet.
[edit] Fleet
As of August 2006 the Austrian Airlines fleet includes <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref> :
- 7 Airbus A319-100 (Austrian livery)
- 6 Airbus A320-200
- 3 Airbus A321-100 (Austrian livery)
- 3 Airbus A321-200 (Austrian livery)
- 4 Airbus A330-200 (Austrian livery
- 1 Airbus A340-200
- 2 Airbus A340-300 (Austrian livery)
- 4 Boeing 767-300 (Austrian livery)
- 3 Boeing 777-200ER (Austrian livery) (plus 1 on order)
- 3 Fokker 70 (Austrian livery)
[edit] Incidents and accidents
On September 26, 1960 a Vickers Viscount 837 crashed while attempting to land at Moscow. Thirty-one of the thirty-seven people on board died.
On January 5, 2004, an Austrian Airlines Fokker 70 was forced to make an emergency landing on a field outside Munich International Airport. There were three minor injuries.
[edit] Events
It operated a "Life Ball 2006" flight New York JFK-Vienna which arrived May 2006 bringing 120 VIP passengers to the Life Ball. On board were international stars like singer Anastacia, Kool & the Gang, design duo Heatherette and Lady Kier. Models such as Cordula Reyer, Maggie Rizer, Liya Kebede, Tyson Ballou also arrived. For this flight Austrian Airlines created a specially branded Airbus A330 (OE-LAP) with the Life Ball logo and the logo of the main sponsor MINI. It will be flying for one month with the special branding not only to New York, but also to Toronto, Shanghai, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
[edit] External links
- Austrian Airlines
- Austrian Fleet Detail
- Austrian Passenger Opinions
- Austrian Airlines Group
- Austrian Cargo
[edit] References
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| Members of the Association of European Airlines |
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| Adria Airways | Aer Lingus | Air France | Air Malta | Austrian Airlines | bmi | British Airways | Cargolux | Croatia Airlines | Czech Airlines | Cyprus Airways | Finnair | Iberia Airlines | Icelandair | Jat Airways | KLM | LOT Polish Airlines | Malév Hungarian Airlines | Olympic Airlines | Scandinavian Airlines | SN Brussels Airlines | Spanair | SWISS | TAP Portugal | TAROM | Turkish Airlines | Virgin Atlantic Airways |
| Members of the Star Alliance |
| Air Canada • Air New Zealand • ANA • Asiana Airlines • Austrian Airlines • bmi LOT Polish Airlines • Lufthansa • Scandinavian Airlines • Singapore Airlines • South African Airways Spanair • Swiss • TAP Portugal • Thai Airways • United Airlines • US Airways • Varig Regional members: Adria Airways • Blue1 • Croatia Airlines |
| Airlines of Austria | Image:Flag of Austria.svg |
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