Austrian Airlines AG, shortened to Austrian, is the flag carrier of Austria and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group. The airline is headquartered at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, where it also maintains its hub. It flies to 6 domestic and more than 120 international year-round and seasonal destinations in 55 countries as of July 2016.
On 3 May 1923 Walter Barda-Bardenau received approval by the Austrian government for establishing an airline. He participated in the newly formed Austrian Airways (Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG) with one percent, the remaining shares went to the Austrian Railway Transportation Company (50%) and the Junkers-Werke (49%). Austrian Airlines was formed in 1957 by the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways.
Member of Star Alliance since 26 March 2000.
Old livery
Fokker 70, registration OE-LFI, built 1995, serial number 11529 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 15 June 2016
Fokker 100, registration OE-LVI, built 1993, serial number 11468 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 8 July 2016
Livery from 2018
Airbus A320-214, registration OE-LBK, built 2003, serial number 1931 Schiphol (AMS/EHAM), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 12 January 2020
Star Alliance livery
Bombardier Dash 8, registration OE-LGO, built 2009, serial number 4281 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 27 July 2016
Embraer ERJ-195LR (ERJ-190-200 LR), registration OE-LWH, built 2011, serial number 486 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 29 July 2018
