Lauda Air
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- Lauda redirects here. For the former F1 racing driver, and founder of Lauda Air, see Niki Lauda. For lauda the Italian sacred song, see the plural laude.
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| IATA OS (NG) |
ICAO AUA (LDA) |
Callsign AUSTRIAN (LAUDA) |
| Founded | 1979 | |
| Hubs | Vienna International Airport | |
| Frequent flyer program | Miles & More | |
| Alliance | Star Alliance | |
| Fleet size | 12 | |
| Destinations | 130 in 66 countries (AUA Group) | |
| Parent company | Austrian Airlines AG | |
| Headquarters |  Vienna, Austria |
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| Key people | Niki Lauda (founder) | |
| Website: http://www.laudaair.com | ||
Lauda Air is an airline based in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled leisure flights and charters to holiday destinations in Europe, North Africa, the Caribbean and South-East Asia. Its main base is Vienna International Airport [1]. Together with Austrian Airlines and Tyrolean Airways, Lauda Air belongs to the Austrian Airlines Group.
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[edit] History
Lauda Air was established in April 1979 by former Formula One world motor racing champion Niki Lauda and started operations in 1985, initially operating charter and air taxi services. Scheduled operations were licenced in 1987 and in 1990 licences for international flights were obtained.[1]. In 1989 Lauda started their first long-haul flights from Vienna to Sydney and Melbourne, via Bangkok. In the 1990s they started to fly their Sydney and Melbourne flights via Kuala Lumpur. Daily flights to Miami via Munich, to Dubai and to Cuba followed.[citation needed]
It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Austrian Airlines in December 2000 and has 35 employees (at March 2007).[1] In 2005 the flight operation merged with Austrian Airlines, and the label Lauda Air now operates charter flights within the Austrian Airlines Group.
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- On May 26, 1991, Flight 004, operated by a Boeing 767-3Z9ER plane, was lost over Thailand after an uncommanded reverser deployment, with 223 dead.
[edit] Fleet
The Lauda Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at January 2008) [1] :
Lauda has named its aircraft after celebrities including: Freddie Mercury, George Harrison, Gregory Peck, Frank Zappa, Miles Davis and Kurt Cobain for its 737-800 fleet, and Ray Charles and Frida Kahlo in its A320 fleet.
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