Austrian Arrows

Infobox_Airline
airline=Austrian Arrows
logo=Logo_Tyrolean.jpg
logo_size=250
IATA=OS (VO)
ICAO=AUA (TYR)
callsign=AUSTRIAN
parent=Austrian Airlines AG
founded=1978
headquarters=
key_people=Manfred Helldoppler, Chairman
hubs=Vienna International Airport and Innsbruck Airport
focus_cities=Salzburg Airport
frequent_flyer=Miles & More
lounge=Senator Lounge
alliance=Star Alliance
fleet_size=58
destinations=74
website= http://www.tyrolean.at/

Austrian Arrows is the name of Austrian Airlines's regional service operated by Tyrolean Airways, an airline based in Innsbruck, Austria. It is a member of the Austrian Airlines Group and the Star Alliance. Its main base is Innsbruck Airport, with a hub at Vienna International Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 81 | date= 2007-03-27]

History

The airline was established in 1978 as Aircraft Innsbruck by Gernot Langes-Swarovski and Christian Schwemberger-Swarovski. It adopted the title Tyrolean Airways when scheduled services began on 1 April 1980. The airline was acquired by Austrian Airlines in March 1998. In 2003, as part of an effort by its parent company to consolidate its brand, the fleet was rebranded as Austrian Arrows with livery changed to match that of Austrian Airlines. Airline operations, however, continued to operate independently by Tyrolean from its Innsbruck base. It has 1,599 employees.

Destinations

Austrian Arrows operates services to six destinations in Austria and 72 destinations in Europe.

Austrian Arrows flies to the following destinations (at January 2008):

Africa

North Africa

*Libya
**Tripoli

Asia

Southwest Asia

*Iran
**Tehran (Imam Khomeini International Airport)
*Turkey
**Ankara (Esenboga International Airport)
**Istanbul (Ataturk International Airport)

Europe

Western Europe

*Austria
**Graz (Graz Airport)
**Innsbruck (Innsbruck Airport)
**Klagenfurt (Klagenfurt Airport)
**Linz (Linz Airport)
**Salzburg (Salzburg Airport)
**Vienna (Vienna International Airport)
*Belgium
**Brussels (Brussels Airport)
*Denmark
**Copenhagen (Copenhagen Airport)
*Finland
**Helsinki (Helsinki-Vantaa Airport)
*France
**Lyon
**Nice (Cote d'Azur International Airport)
*Germany
**Berlin (Berlin-Tegel International Airport)
**Cologne/Bonn (Cologne Bonn Airport)
**Dresden
**Düsseldorf (Dusseldorf International Airport)
**Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport)
**Hamburg
**Hanover
**Leipzig/Halle
**Munich (Munich International Airport)
**Nuremberg
**Stuttgart
*Greece
**Athens (Athens International Airport)
**Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki International Airport, "Macedonia")
*Italy
**Bologna
**Florence
**Milan
***(Linate Airport)
***(Malpensa International Airport)
**Naples (Naples International Airport)
**Rome (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport)
**Venice
*Luxembourg
**Luxembourg (Luxembourg Airport)
*Netherlands
**Amsterdam (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport)
*Norway
**Oslo (Oslo Airport, Gardermoen)
*Spain
**Barcelona (Barcelona International Airport)
*Sweden
**Gothenburg
**Stockholm (Stockholm-Arlanda Airport)
*Switzerland
**Basel (EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg)
**Geneva (Geneva Cointrin International Airport)
**St. Gallen/Altenrhein (St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport)
**Zürich (Zurich Airport)
*United Kingdom
**London, England (London Heathrow Airport and London City Airport)

Central Europe

*Czech Republic
**Prague (Ruzyne International Airport)
*Hungary
**Budapest (Budapest Ferihegy International Airport)
*Poland
**Kraków (John Paul II International Airport)
**Warsaw (Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport)
*Slovakia
**Košice

Eastern Europe

*Albania
**Tirana (Rinas Mother Teresa Airport)
*Belarus
**Minsk (Minsk International Airport)
*Bosnia and Herzegovina
**Sarajevo (Sarajevo International Airport)
*Bulgaria
**Bourgas
**Sofia
**Varna
*Croatia
**Zagreb (Zagreb Airport)
**Split
**Dubrovnik
*Kosovo
**Priština (Priština International Airport)
*Macedonia
**Skopje
*Moldova
**Chişinău
*Montenegro
**Podgorica
*Romania
**Baia Mare
**Bucharest (Henri Coanda International Airport)
**Iaşi (Iaşi International Airport)
**Sibiu (Sibiu International Airport)
**Timişoara (Traian Vuia International Airport)
**Cluj-Napoca (Cluj-Napoca International Airport)
*Russia
**Krasnodar
**Rostov-on-Don
**St Petersburg (Pulkovo Airport)
**Sochi
**Nizhny Novgorod
*Serbia
**Belgrade (Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport)
*Ukraine
**Donetsk
**Dnipropetrovsk
**Kharkov
**Kyiv
**Lviv
**Odessa

Incidents and Accidents

*On February 2nd, 2008, a Fokker 100, operating a flight from Innsbruck to Leeds Bradford International Airport requested an emergency landing after reporting losing power in one of the engines. The aircraft landed safely and nobody was injured. [cite news| title=Airliner makes emergency landing| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7224253.stm| source=BBC News| date=2 January 2008]

Fleet

The Austrian Arrows fleet is as follows (at April 2008): [ [http://www.tyrolean.at/ty/deu/Company/fleet ] ]

The average age of the Austrian Arrows fleet is 8.1 years (as of July 2006). [ [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/?file=calcop&opp=Austrian%20Arrows Austrian Arrows Fleet Age] ]

External links

* [http://www.tyrolean.at/ Official Tyrolean Airways website]
* [http://www.aua.com/at/eng/austrian Austrian Airlines Group website]
* [http://www.austrianairlines.co.at/eng/Austrian Austrian Airlines Group Corporate website]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=VO&al_op=1 Fleet]

References