Austrian Airlines

Austrian Airlines AG
Founded	30 September 1957 (67 years ago)
Commenced operations	31 March 1958 (66 years ago)
Hubs	Vienna International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Miles & More
Alliance	Star Alliance
Fleet size	61
Destinations	130
Parent company	Lufthansa Group
Headquarters	Schwechat, Austria ; Jurisdiction: Vienna
Key people	Alexis von Hoensbroech, CEO; Andreas Otto, CCO; Wolfgang Jani, CFO;
Revenue	EUR 460 mio. (2020)
Operating income	EUR −379 mio. (2020)
Employees	6,443 (as of December 2020)
Website	www.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. ^[4] Austrian bought its first jet aircraft in 1963. Austrian joined the Star Alliance on March 26, 2000. ^[5] The Government of Austria sold the airline in 2008. Lufthansa bought Austrian Airlines in 2009. ^[6] In April 2015, Austrian Airlines was combined with Tyrolean Airways. ^[7]

On 17 March 2020, the airline temporarily blocks work as a result of the COVID-19.^[8]

Gallery

An Austrian Airlines MD-80 in 1990. Austrian retired the MD-80s in 2005. ^[9]
An Austrian Airlines Boeing 777 at Sydney Airport.
A Tyrolean Airways Fokker 70 plane, Tyrolean Airways and Austrian Airlines merged in 2015.

Austrian Airlines Media

Historic Austrian Airlines aircraft including Douglas DC-3s at Vienna Airport, date unknown.
An Austrian Airlines Vickers Viscount 837 at London-Heathrow in 1962.
Austrian Airlines flight attendants in 1964, displaying their then new uniforms for the 1964 Winter Olympic Games held in Innsbruck.
An Austrian Airlines Sud Caravelle in 1972.
An Austrian Airlines Douglas DC-9 in 1989.
An Austrian Airbus A340-300 at Osaka-Kansai in 2001.
Austrian Airlines' headquarters in Office Park 2 at Vienna International Airport.
Austrian Airlines' Training Centre at Vienna International Airport.
An Austrian Airbus A321 in the then new 2015 livery, showing the "my" phrase abandoned in 2016. This livery has been subsequently replaced again.
The business class cabin on one of Austrian's long-haul aircraft.