Austrian Airlines - Destinations

Destinations

A major focus in the Austrian route network is Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

In 2006, Austrian decided to eliminate its A330 and A340 fleet, which consisted of 4 Airbus A330-200 (OE-LAO, OE-LAN, OE-LAM, OE-LAP), 2 Airbus A340-200 (OE-LAH and OE-LAG) and 2 Airbus A340-300 (OE-LAL and OE-LAK). These aircraft were sold to TAP Portugal, Swiss and the French Air Force. As a result of having less long haul capacity, Austrian suspended some of its long-haul flights to East Asia. Flights to Shanghai, Phuket, Mauritius, Colombo, Malé and Kathmandu ended in 2007.

Both Australia routes - Melbourne via Singapore and Sydney via Kuala Lumpur - were terminated in March 2007, ending operations on the Kangaroo Route. Austrian was the last European-based airline offered a direct flights from Melbourne to Europe, initially using the Lauda brand, and then Austrian airlines aircraft.

Austrian was one of the few airlines to fly into post-war Iraq when it began flights to Erbil in December 2006. New flights to Mumbai began on November 2010 and Austrian resumed flights to Baghdad on 8 June 2011. Austrian Airlines resumes flights to Chicago on May 17, 2013. Austrian Airlines also plans to include flights to Los Angeles, Newark and Shanghai by 2013. New seasonal service to Palermo will begin on April 5, 2013.