Tyrolean Airways

Tyrolean Airways
IATA
VO
ICAO
TYR
Callsign
TYROLEAN
Founded 1978
Hubs Vienna International Airport
Focus cities Innsbruck Airport, Graz Airport, Salzburg Airport
Frequent-flyer program Miles & More
Airport lounge Senator Lounge
Alliance Star Alliance
Fleet size 38
Destinations 74
Parent company Austrian Airlines AG
Headquarters Innsbruck, Austria
Key people Christian Fitz, CEO
Website www.tyrolean.at

Tyrolean Airways — Tiroler Luftfahrt GesmbH is an airline based in Innsbruck, Austria.[1] It is a member of the Austrian Airlines Group and Star Alliance, and uses the name Austrian Arrows in its corporate group. Its main base is Innsbruck Airport, with a hub at Vienna International Airport.[2]

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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 partly 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.[2] Tyrolean was the only airline to operate Dash 7 airplanes into the dangerous Courchevel Airport in France.

Destinations

Tyrolean Airways operates services to six destinations in Austria and 72 destinations in Europe.[2]

Fleet

The Tyrolean Airways fleet includes the following aircraft (at November 2011):[3]

Tyrolean Airways Fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers Registrations
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 14 72/76 OE-LGA to LGN
OE-LGC from Brussels Airlines
Fokker 70 9 75 OE-LFG to LFL, OE-LFP to LFR
Fokker 100 15 100 OE-LVA to OE-LVO
Total 38

The average age of the Austrian Arrows fleet is 14.3 years (as of November 2011).[4]

References

  1. ^ "Kontakt." Tyrolean Airways. Retrieved on 8 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 81. 27 March 2007. 
  3. ^ Tyrolean Airways fleet list at ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  4. ^ Austrian Arrows Fleet Age

External links

Austria portal
Aviation portal