The airline has administered to control the skies over Central and Eastern Europe with the passing time.
Austrian Airlines purchased Tyrolean Airways in March 1998 and took over Lauda Air, an airline based in Vienna that plied flights for journey of long distance, in 2000. Thus, the three airlines structured a group named as 'Austrian Airlines Group', which became a member of the Star Alliance, the world's first and largest airline alliance, in the same year. Austrian Airlines also purchased Rheintalflug, a local airline based in the European country of Austria, on February 15, 2001.
Austrian Airlines Recent Developments
Austrian Airlines’s main focus is on planned flights to national as well as international destinations, while Tyrolean Airways concentrates on regional business, and Lauda Air offer chartered flights. Austrian Airlines was re-named in 2003 and came to be known as 'Austrian'.
On October 1, 2004, the Flight Operations Departments of Austrian and Lauda Air were fused and thus, they shaped a single entity. From then on, Lauda Air continued as simply a brand name, only for the functions of charter flights of the Group. Austrian Airlines has done a code-sharing deal with AirBaltic, Air India, Croatia Airlines, EgyptAir, El Al Israel Airlines, Jat Airways and Lufthansa.
Austrian Airlines Fleet:
Austrian Airlines maintains a fleet comprising 36 aircrafts, which include Airbus A319-114, Airbus A320-214, Airbus A321-111/211, Boeing 737-600, Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 767-300ER and Boeing 777-200ER. The airline covers several destinations across the globe.
Austrian Airlines Destinations:
Austrian Airlines covers a number of cities in Central, East, South (including India), Southeast and Southwest Asia. Major cities in Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Switzerland are also covered by this group of airlines. It also connects to important cities in Eastern, Western and Southern Europe as well as North America (Canada and United States) and Carribean. The African destinations covered by Austrian Airline Group are Egypt and Libya.
