All about
Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines headquartered in Vienna , it was founded on 1957,
september 30. The airline made its maiden flight on march 18, 1958
: a vickers Viscount 779 taking off at 8:30am Vienna local time for london, England. .It is the
international airline of Austria. Vienna International Airport is its main
base.
It is dedicated to provide reliable and fast services through out the
Europe and the world. Hundreds of Austrian Airlines aircraft and more than 7000 Austrian
employees are maintained continuosly by Austrian Airlines.With major Austrian
Airlines hub in Vienna,it serves 129 destinations in 65 countries. Austrian Airlines has proven
itself as a leader in world travel, with dedicated service and daily international Austrian
Airlines departures.
Through the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways , Austrian
Airlines was formed. On April 1969, the Airlines's transatlantic services began with Vienna to
Brussels and in co-operation with Sabena, NewYork services began initially.OIAG(39.7%), floating
stock (43.5%), Austrian institutional investors(10.3%) and Air France(1.5%) was owned by Austrian Airlines.It has 62% share in
Slovak Airlines and also owns subsidiary airlines, Austrian Arrows and Lauda Air. Leaving Lauda
Air as a brand name only for charter flights, the Flight Operations Departments of Austrian and
lauda Air were merged into a single unit on October 1st 2004.
Partners of the Austrian Airlines group are of four:
Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air, Tyrolean Airways and Rheintalflug. Scheduled
flights
are focused by Austrian Airlines.
In regional business,Tyrolean Airways has specialization. With mainly Tourist destinations, Lauda
Air rounds off the program.
In the future Lake Constance region with Vienna and serve other short-haul destinations will be
connected to Rheintalflug.
Friendly and competent satisfaction of all the needs of its customers
as a key to its market-related activities are provided by Austrian Airlines Group.For this
reason, this group is constantly working to improve their service. For thier high level of
quality and friendliness, the four quality brands of the Austrian Airlines Group are well known
to the customers around the world.
