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Austrian (with full name Austrian Airlines, Austrian one of air traffic AG, Callsign Austrian) is the national airline of Austria. Austrian flies primarily in the regular transport service and forms together with the regional airline Austrian Arrows (= Tyrolean Airways) and the holidays airline Lauda air Austrian Airlines Group (AAG), which approaches today 130 Destinationen in 66 countries. Beyond that participation in the slowakischen airline Slovak airlines, the Ukrainian airline Ukraine Intl exists. Airlines as well as at the largest Austrian Reiseveranstaler Gulet Touropa tourism (GTT), to which by the majority to the TUI Group belongs. Austrian is member the global star Alliance.
The homeland airport of the Austrian is the airport vienna Schwechat, the firm center in Vienna Oberlaa. It is shifted however until 2007 in of the airport Vienna AG established and provided building directly at the airport vienna Schwechat.
The Austrian one of air traffic AG (OELAG) was again created on 30 September 1957, as air Austria and Austrian Airways united. The original OELAG existed already in the intermediate war years and had the airport Aspern as main airfield.
Austrian with 4 Vickers Viscount completed their maiden flight to 31. March 1958 from Vienna to London. Their first jet ordered Austrian on 18 February 1963. It was a Caravelle of Sud aviation. 1985 was carried for the first time more than two million passengers within a yearly.
1990-1999Die 90's were dominated of alliance co-operation. Austrian were one of the first airlines in multinational partnerships. It was also a time of the rapid expansions in overseas such as South Africa and China.
End of the 1990er years takes place the entry to star the Alliance as well as the assumption of the Lauda air, which specializes in the consequence in the vacation and charter flights within "Austrian Airlines Group". The daughter Tyrolean Airways specializes under the label name Austrian Arrows operated by Tyrolean Airways in regional flights. The Rhine Valley flight bought before was fused with Tyrolean Airways.
Up to the year 2005 it created Austrian to develop to the undisputed market leader for flights to Eastern Europe. Originally starting from March 2006 it wanted to fly in addition as the first European airline again to the Iraq - to the north to Arbil. This is at present exposed to 2006 due to the strained security situation for the time being, is to take place however still.
Starting from spring 2006 Austrian will present renewed Businesses a Class with particularly sketched Lie Flat seats inclusive Internet connection.
Austrian serves one of the largest route networks in Europe. Particularly for flights to Eastern Europe Austrian developed in the last years to the market leader.
Further cities are approached in overseas: Peking, Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Phuket, Kathmandu, Almaty, Teheran, Dubai, Male, Colombo, Sydney, Melbourne, Mauritius, Dehli, Bombay, New York, Washington, Varadero, Montego Bay, Punta Cana, Puerto Plata, Havanna
Osaka and Montreal adjusted OS in the spring 2006.
(Conditions: December 2005)
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