Austrian Airlines

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Austrian Airlines is the largest airline of Austria. Its main hub is the Vienna International Airport. It was founded on May 3, 1923. ^[1] Austrian bought its first jet aircraft in 1963. Austrian joined the Star Alliance on March 26, 2000. ^[2] The Government of Austria sold the airline in 2008. Lufthansa bought Austrian Airlines in 2009. ^[3] In April 2015, Austrian Airlines was combined with Tyrolean Airways. ^[4]

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An Austrian Airlines MD-80 in 1990. Austrian retired the MD-80s in 2005. ^[5]
An Austrian Airlines Boeing 777 at Sydney Airport.
A Tyrolean Airways Fokker 70 plane, Tyrolean Airways and Austrian Airlines merged in 2015.

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↑ "Austrian Airlines - airlinefiles". airlinefiles.com.
↑ "Star Alliance". www.austrianairlines.ag.
↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Lufthansa completes takeover of Austrian Airlines - DW - 03.09.2009". DW.COM.
↑ "Austrian, Tyrolean to merge in April next year". ch-aviation.
↑ Jun 23; Plus, 2005 ATW. "Austrian retires last MD-80". atwonline.com.

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