Lauda Air
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| Lauda Air | ||
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| IATA NG | ICAO LDA |
Callsign Lauda Air |
| Founded | 1979 | <tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Vienna International Airport</td></tr>|
| Fleet size | 14 | |
| Destinations | 130 in 66 countries (AUA) | |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria | |
| Key people | Niki Lauda (founder) | |
| Website: http://www.laudaair.com | ||
Lauda Air is an airline based in Vienna, Austria. It operates leisure flights to destinations in Europe, North Africa and the Caribbean. Its main base is Vienna International Airport <ref name="FI">Flight International 5-11 April 2005</ref>. Together with Austrian Airlines and Austrian Arrows, Lauda Air belongs to the Austrian Airlines Group.
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[edit] History
Lauda Air was established in April 1979 by former Formula One world motor racing champion Niki Lauda and started operations in 1985, initially operating charter and air taxi services. Scheduled operations were licenced in 1987 <ref name="FI"/>. In 1989 Lauda started their first long-haul flights from Vienna to Sydney and Melbourne, via Bangkok. In the 1990s they started to fly their Sydney and Melbourne flights via Kuala Lumpur. Daily flights to Miami via Munich, to Dubai and to Cuba followed. [citation needed]
In 2003, Austrian Airlines bought out the remainder of Lauda's stake. In 2005 the flight operation merged with Austrian Airlines, and the label "Lauda Air" now operates charter flights within the Austrian Airlines Group.
Niki Lauda has since started a new airline, Niki, whereas Austrian Airlines Group will take the decision of whether to integrate the whole Lauda Air Carter Flight fleet into the common Austrian-design or not in early 2007 because of the aim to appear as one airline group (simplicity) and in order to avoid advertisement for Niki Lauda's new airline, Niki. This would mean the total disappearance of Lauda Air. [citation needed]
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- On May 26, 1991, Lauda Air Flight 004, operated by a Boeing 767-300 plane, was lost over Thailand after an uncommanded reverser deployment, with 223 dead.
[edit] Fleet
The Lauda Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) <ref>Flight International, 3-9 October 2006</ref> :
- 2 Airbus A320-200
- 1 Boeing 737-600
- 2 Boeing 737-700
- 7 Boeing 737-800 (plus 1 on order)
- 2 Boeing 767-300ER
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