Austrian Airlines

Austrian Airlines AG
IATA ICAO Callsign
OS AUA AUSTRIAN
Founded30 September 1957; 69 years ago (1957-09-30)
Commenced operations31 March 1958; 68 years ago (1958-03-31)
HubsVienna International Airport
Frequent-flyer programMiles & More
AllianceStar Alliance
Fleet size61
Destinations130
Parent companyLufthansa Group
HeadquartersSchwechat, Austria
Jurisdiction: Vienna
Key people
  • Alexis von Hoensbroech, CEO
  • Andreas Otto, CCO
  • Wolfgang Jani, CFO
RevenueDecrease EUR 460 mio. (2020)
Operating incomeDecrease EUR −379 mio. (2020)
Employees6,443 (as of December 2020)
Websitewww.austrian.com

Austrian Airlines is the largest airline of Austria. Its main hub is the Vienna International Airport. It was founded on May 3, 1923. Austrian bought its first jet aircraft in 1963. Austrian joined the Star Alliance on March 26, 2000. The Government of Austria sold the airline in 2008. Lufthansa bought Austrian Airlines in 2009. In April 2015, Austrian Airlines was combined with Tyrolean Airways.

On 17 March 2020, the airline temporarily blocks work as a result of the COVID-19.

References

  1. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 81.
  2. ↑ "Firmensitz von Austrian Airlines ist korrekt". APA-OTS. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 "Overview of Key Facts and Figures" (Press release). Austrian Airlines. 4 March 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Austrian Airlines - airlinefiles". airlinefiles.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  5. ↑ "Star Alliance". www.austrianairlines.ag. Archived from the original on 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  6. ↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Lufthansa completes takeover of Austrian Airlines - DW - 03.09.2009". DW.COM.
  7. ↑ "Austrian, Tyrolean to merge in April next year". ch-aviation.
  8. ↑ "Verified emissions 2018". European Union emissions trading system (EU ETS). Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  9. ↑ Jun 23; Plus, 2005 ATW. "Austrian retires last MD-80". atwonline.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)