Austrian Airlines Group

Infobox company
company_name = Austrian Airlines Group
company_
company_type = Public
foundation = 1957
location_city = Vienna
location_country = Austria
slogan = We fly for your smile
key_people = Alfred Ötsch, Chairman & CEO
industry = Aviation
num_employees = 8.031 (2007)
homepage = [http://www.austrianairlines.co.at/eng/default.htm www.austrianairlines.co.at]

The Austrian Airlines Group consists of Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air, Tyrolean Airways and other shares. It possesses 99 airplanes and in 2007 the Austrian Airlines Group had 10.8 million passengers.

Shares

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 is also owned by the AUA Group. Gulet-Touropa-Touristik is partly owned by the AUA Group, though the majoritarian share is owned by TUI.

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

Alliance

The Austrian Airlines Group was a member of Swissair's "Qualiflyer" frequent traveller program, but switched to the Star Alliance in 2000. [Austrian Airlines Group: " [http://www.austrianairlines.co.at/deu/Partners/star/ Star Alliance] "]

Fleet

(December 2007) [Austro Control: " [http://www.austrocontrol.at/content/atm/AIS/Products/LFZREG/lfzreg.shtml Behördliches Österreichisches Zivilluftfahrzeuggegister] "]

References

External links

* [http://www.austrianairlines.co.at/eng Austrian Airlines Group website]
* [http://www.aua.com/at/deu/Austrian/network Austrian Airlines Group route network]
* [http://www.austriantechnik.at Austrian Technik]
* [http://www.austrianaviation.net Austrian Aviation Net]