Austrian Airlines Group
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| Type | Public |
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| Industry | Aviation |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Headquarters | Schwechat, Austria |
| Key people | Peter Malanik, Chairman & CEO |
| Employees | 8.031 (2007) |
| Website | www.austrianairlines.ag |
The Austrian Airlines Group consists of Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air, Tyrolean Airways and other shares and is a 100% subsidiary of Lufthansa of Germany. It possesses 99 airplanes and in 2007 the Austrian Airlines Group had 10.8 million passengers. It is headquartered in Schwechat, Wien-Umgebung.[1][2]
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Next to Lauda Air and Tyrolean Airways, the Austrian Airlines Group holds stakes at another 24 companies. Air traffic gets operated by Tyrolean and Austrian itself. The AUA Group sold off their interests of Slovak Airlines in January 2007. 22,5% of the Ukrainian airline Ukraine International were also owned by the AUA Group. Gulet-Touropa-Touristik is partly owned by the AUA Group, though the majoritarian share is owned by TUI.[disambiguation needed 
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A few other interests:
- Austrian Technik: the maintenance company of the AUA Group
- AVS-Insurances
- TUI Austria
- Traviaustria
- AirPlus Creditcardinstitute
- Wiener Börse AG
- SCA Schedule Coordination Austria
- ACS AirContainerService GmbH
- Österreichische Luftfahrtschule Aviation Training Center Austria GmbH
- Avicon Aviation Consult GmbH
[edit] Alliance
The Austrian Airlines Group was a member of Swissair's "Qualiflyer" frequent traveller programme, but switched to the Star Alliance in 2000. [3]
[edit] Destinations
The Austrian Airlines Group serves destinations in Europe, Asia and North America.
[edit] Fleet
(December 2008)[4]
| Aircraft | Type | Amount | Average age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTRIAN AIRLINES | ||||
| Airbus A320 family | A319-112 | 7 | 5.2 years | |
| A320-214 | 8 | 10.6 years | 2 Airbus 320s will be leased from 2009 | |
| A321-111/211 | 6 | 12 years | ||
| 21 | 9.2 years | |||
| Boeing B737 Series | Boeing 737-600 | 2 | 8.9 years | |
| B737-700 | 2 | 7.9 years | ||
| B737-800 | 7 | 6.3 years | 1 Lauda Air livery and 6 Austrian livery | |
| 10 | 6.9 years | |||
| Boeing B767 Series | B767-300ER | 6 | 14.1 years | 1 with a Star Alliance livery |
| Boeing B777 Series | B777-200ER | 4 | 8.8 years | |
| 10 | 12 years | |||
| Austrian Airlines and Lauda Air TOTAL | 42 | 7.4 years | ||
| TYROLEAN AIRWAYS | ||||
| Fokker 70/100 | Fokker 70 | 9 | 14.2 years | |
| Fokker 100 | 16 | 16.3 years | ||
| 25 | 15.5 years | |||
| Bombardier Q Series | Q300 | 11 | 11.0 years | |
| Q400 | 10 | 9.5 years | ||
| 21 | 9.0 years | |||
| Tyrolean Airways TOTAL | 59 | 12.5 years | ||
| AUA Group TOTAL | 101 | 10.9 years | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "Offices in Austria." Austrian Airlines. Retrieved on 26 May 2009.
- ^ "Information about the city plan." City of Schwechat. Retrieved on 5 September 2009.
- ^ Austrian Airlines Group: Star Alliance
- ^ Austro Control: Behördliches Österreichisches Zivilluftfahrzeuggegister
