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Austrian Airlines
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{{Infobox_Airline |
airline=Austrian Airlines|
logo=Austrian-logo.png|
logo_size=250px|
IATA=OS|
ICAO=AUA|
callsign=Austrian|
parent=Austrian Airlines Group|
founded=1958|
headquarters=
Vienna,
Austria|
key_people=Vagn Sörensen (
CEO), Thomas Kleibl (
CFO)|
hubs=
Vienna Schwechat International Airport|
focus_cities=
Innsbruck Airport|
frequent_flyer=
Miles & More|
lounge=Senator Lounge|
alliance=
Star Alliance|
fleet_size=103|
destinations=130|
website= http://www.aua.com|
}}
'''Austrian Airlines''' (''Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG'') is the international
airline of
Austria, with its headquarters in
Vienna. Its main base is
Vienna International Airport (VIE).
History
The airline was founded on
September 30,
1957 and on
March 18 1958 the airline made its maiden flight: a
Vickers Viscount Vickers Viscount 779 taking off at 8:30 am
Vienna local time 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 initially in co-operation with
Sabena.
Austrian Airlines is owned by
Österreichische Industrieholding AG 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 October 1st, 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 has 5,163 employees at January 2005.
Image:Austrian.a320.arp.750pix.jpg thumb|right|250px| Austrian Airbus A320 in the current colours
image:austrian.fokker70.750pix.jpg thumb|right|250px|Austrian Fokker 70 (superseded colour scheme)
Image:Austrian.oe-lbc.750pix.jpg thumb|right|250px|Austrian Airbus A321 (superseded colour scheme)
Incidents and accidents
September 26,
1960 became the only dark day in the airline's history when a
Vickers Viscount Vickers Viscount 837 attempting to land at
Moscow crashed near the
Russian city. Thirty-one of the thirty seven people on board perished.
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.
Destinations
''see full article:'' '''
Austrian Airlines destinations'''.
Austrian Airlines has postponed the launch of its new five times weekly Boeing 767 service from Vienna to Mumbai from
1 May to
1 September 2005. A five times weekly Airbus A319 service from Vienna to Alexandria El Nohza is due to start on
5 June 2005. A four times weekly Airbus A319/A320 service from Vienna to Amman will resume on
2 June 2005 (ref:CH-Aviation).
According to Japanese media, Austrian Airlines is looking at opening a new service to
Nagoya, replacing the existing
Osaka service. ATWOnline recently (June 2005) reported that Austrian is considering a new service to
Hong Kong, and perhaps
Chengdu. It is also in discussion with
United Airlines for a code-share operation on
Vienna-
Chicago, Illinois Chicago. Austrian's longest routes are from Vienna to
Melbourne and
Sydney,
Australia, via
Singapore and
Kuala Lumpur, respectively.
Fleet
At September 2005 (Austrian Airlines Group including Lauda Air and Tyrolean (Austrian Arrows)):
*7
Airbus A319 Airbus A319-100 (Austrian livery)
*8
Airbus A320 Airbus A320-200 (6 in Austrian livery, 2 in Lauda Air livery)
*3
Airbus A321 Airbus A321-100 (Austrian livery)
*3
Airbus A321 Airbus A321-200 (Austrian livery)
*4
Airbus A330 Airbus A330-200 (Austrian livery
*2
Airbus A340 Airbus A340-200 (Austrian livery)
*2
Airbus A340 Airbus A340-300 (Austrian livery)
*12
Bombardier Dash-8 Q 300 (Tyrolean livery)
*10
Bombardier Dash-8 Q 400 (Tyrolean livery)
*1
Boeing 737 Boeing 737-600 (Lauda Air livery)
*2
Boeing 737 Boeing 737-700 (Lauda Air livery)
*6
Boeing 737 Boeing 737-800 (Lauda Air livery)
*6
Boeing 767 Boeing 767-300 (5 in Austrian livery, 1 in Lauda Air livery)
*4
Boeing 777 Boeing 777-200 (Austrian livery)(1 on order)
*3
Bombardier CRJ 100 (Tyrolean livery)
*13
Bombardier CRJ 200 (Tyrolean livery)
*6
Fokker 70 (Tyrolean livery)
*9
Fokker 100 (Tyrolean livery)
External links
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Austrian
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Austrian Fleet Detail
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Austrian Passenger Opinions
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Austrian Airlines Group
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Austrian Cargo
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