AUSTRIAN AIRLINES TRIBUTE

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES TRIBUTE

Old austrian Airlines luggage label

On March 31.2018, we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the maiden flight of Austrian Airlines to London (via Zurich)  by a Vickers Viscount series700 leased from Fred Olsen pending the delivery of  the company's own aircraft
The history of Austrian Airlines go back to 1923 when it was called  OLAG (Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG) .Both Germany and Austria were left without  a national airline  company after WW2  and the need to create one rose after the allied powers authrozed Germany to have sovereignity over its aispace .
The contemporary history of the airline starts in 1957 after the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways .
One of the first timetable issued by the company reveals a very limited network  with flights operating from Vienna to London (daily)  Paris via Stuttgart (daily) , Zurich (daily) , Rome (3 weekly flights)  and Frankfurt (daily)

network length 4336 km

The fleet consisted of 4 Vickers Viscount 779D leased from  Fred Olsen Air Transport :

OE-LAB : cn 250 lsd from 1/1958 to 3/1960 

From the collection of Ed Coates

OE-LAC : cn 251 lsd from 1/1958 to 4/1960 

 OE-LAD : cn 252 lsd from 1/1958 to 4/1960

 OE-LAE : cn 247 lsd from 1/1958 to 4/1960

One of the first timetables of the company effective 28/06/1958  from the collection of Bjorn Larsson at www.timetableimages.com

60 years later, the company has expanded its horizon to 4 continents and has become a subsidiary of the Lufthansa group

Germany-Switzerland-Domestic routes 

Europe : Western

Europe :Eastern

 Middle East - Africa

North America- Far East

The network covers 178545 km far from the 4336 km of June 1958

The fleet consists of  

AIRBUS A319-100 
As it is the tradition, Austrian Airlines gives a name for its aircraft. The A319 were christened after cities : Sofia, Moscow, Tbilissi, Baku ,Sarajevo,Kiev and Bucharest

By Ken Fielding/https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

AIRBUS A320 

In a beautiful retro livery. The names given to OS's A320 are : Osttirol,Neusiedlersee,Pyhm-Giesenwursen,Bregenzer wald,Waldviertel,Wienvertel,Worthersee,Muhlviertel,Arlberg, Hohe Tauern, Innviertel, Mostviertel, Ausseeland,Steirisches Thermenland, Ober Tauern, Carnutum,Wienerworld

By Kambui - Austrian Airlines Airbus A320-214 OE-LBP "Retro", CC BY 2.0, Link

AIRBUS A321
The A321 are named Sudtirol,Steirisches Wienland , Pinzgun, Salzkammergut, Wachau, Wien

By Austrian Airlines from Austria - Airbus A321 - myAustrian, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

 BOEING 767-300ER

The B767 carries the following names Thailand, China, Salzburger Festspiele, India, Japan, Wiener Songerknaben


By OE-LAE.jpg: Trainler derivative work: Altair78 (talk) - OE-LAE.jpg, CC BY 3.0, Link



BOEING 777-200ER

Names of the B777 are Blue Danube,  Heart of Europe, Spirit of Austria, Dream of freedom, Spund of Music, Sibanye.

By Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan - Austrian B777-200ER(OE-LPC), CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

BOMBARDIER Q400

The fleet carries the following names : Wilder kaiser,Karnten, Tirol, Spirit of Albach, Land  Salzburg, Steirmark ,Oberosterreich, Niederosterreich, Budapest, Voralberg,Eisenstadt,Baden Burgerland, Innsbruck, Altenrheim,Tyrolean Spirit Villach, and Gmunden.



By Tirolerbergwelten - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

EMBRAER 195
Only 3 aircraft are named  : City of Prague, Silent night and Central Europe Most of the Embraer fleet were transferred rom Lufthansa

By Alec Wilson from Khon Kaen, Thailand - OE-LWQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link





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