3.2% passenger growth in February for Austrian Airlines
• January-February 2017: 5.8 percent increase in passenger volume
• Passenger load-factor of February fell by 2.8 percentage points to 66.8 percent
Following the positive start...
Female Lufthansa pilots are taking off
Six crews consisting of only women will be setting off from the Lufthansa Group hubs to Berlin for International Women’s Day
12 female...
Austrian Airlines summer flight schedule 2017: more flights to Greece and Italy
• Austrian Airlines increases frequencies to Rhodes, Heraklion, Zakynthos, Chania, Athens and Kos in Greece
• More flights to Milan and Catania in Italy
• More...
Bring on the summer: Lufthansa Group airlines are offering plenty of new holiday destinations
Lufthansa Group airlines to fly to 308 destinations in 103 countries this summer
Eurowings has two new stations: Munich and Palma de Mallorca
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Austrian’s 11th Embraer OE-LWC took off on maiden flight
• Embraer flies to more than 60 airports in Europe
• Already more than one million passengers flown with the Embraer fleetYesterday afternoon, another Embraer...
Traffic results for January 2017: Austrian Airlines begins the new year with 8.5% higher passenger volume
• Close to 668,000 passengers in January 2017, +8.5 percent
• Passenger load-factor fell slightly by 0.8 percentage points to 69.4 percentAustrian Airlines carried close...
Lufthansa Group transports 7.9 million passengers in January (+12.6%)
Seat load factor of 76.0% is a 0.4-percentage-point improvement on January 2016The airlines of the Lufthansa Group transported some 7.9 million passengers in January,...
Austrian starts training for its own pilots at the European Flight Academy
• 23 pilot trainees started their training as “first officers” yesterday
• Further courses will take place in April and August
• Prospective pilots can apply...
Austrian Airlines expands offering to Iran: Flights to Shiraz as of the Summer of 2017
• Four weekly flights to Shiraz in an Airbus jet starting on July 2, 2017
• Flight to Shiraz operated with a stopover in Isfahan
•...
Surfing above the clouds: Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines going online on short haul and mid-range flights too
Internet access also on inner-European routes
Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines starting next phase of testing to include free service to passengers
Product launch...
In 2016 11.4 Million Passengers Flew with Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines carried round 11.4 million passengers in the period January to December 2016, corresponding to a year-on-year increase of 5.1 percent or 547,000...
Austrian Airlines expands to Hamburg, Paris, Milan, Stockholm & Zurich in summer 2017
Starting with the Summer Flight Schedule 2017: More Flights to Key European Cities
• Austrian Airlines plans an increase in frequencies to Hamburg, Paris, Milan,...
Austrian Airlines concludes wet lease agreement with Air Berlin
• Transfer of five A320 aircraft including pilots and flight attendants
• Aircraft will be operated using the Austrian Airlines design
• Fleet integration in March...
Lufthansa strike leads to passenger growth at SWISS and Austrian Airlines in November
Strikes affect earnings by approximately EUR 100 millionThe Lufthansa Group transported around 7.6 million passengers in November which corresponds to an increase of 5.9...
Austrian Airlines traffic results for November 2016: Ongoing increase in passenger volume
• November: 10.9 percent more passengers (helped by strikes at Lufthansa & Eurowings)
• January-November: 4.5 percent rise in total number of passengers Austrian Airlines transported...
Starting today: Austrian Airlines travellers can drop off baggage or check in themselves
• New self-service baggage drop-off at Vienna Airport for Austrian Airlines passengers
• Innovative check-in option saves travellers timeAs of December 6, 2016, passengers at...
Austrian Airlines Airbus A320 OE-LBZ took off on maiden flight to Bucharest
• A320 to be mainly deployed for bilateral flight traffic between Austria and Germany
• Austrian Airlines Airbus fleet expanded to 31 aircraftThe Airbus A320...
Austrian Airlines again looking to hire 100 new pilots in 2017
• A total of 145 new pilots were hired in 2016 – All of them have completed their training
• In 2017 Austrian Airlines...
Austrian Airlines will operate flights to Gothenburg starting June 2017
• Three times a week to Gothenburg, Sweden with an Embraer jet as of June 2, 2017
• Austrian Airlines will fly to two...
Traffic results for October 2016: Austrian Airlines reports10.1% increase in passenger volume
• October: 10.1 percent more passengers
• January-October: 3.9 percent rise in total number of passengersAustrian Airlines transported more than one million passengers in...