Private company

Austrian Air Services

Airline of Austria

Austrian Air Services, officially licensed as Österreichischer Inlands- und Regionalflugdienst GesmbH (Austrian Domestic and Regional Flight Service in German), was an airline headquartered in Austria, operating domestic and regional flights on Austrian Airlines behalf.2 It ceased to exist in 1994.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1980Founded1
  • HeadquartersVienna1

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Fokker 50, Austrian Airlines AN0193490
Photo: JetPix, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons4

Austrian Air Services, officially licensed as Österreichischer Inlands- und Regionalflugdienst GesmbH (Austrian Domestic and Regional Flight Service in German), was an airline headquartered in Austria, operating domestic and regional flights on Austrian Airlines behalf.2

Corporate structure

Austrian Air Services is part of a group headed by Lufthansa Group. 45 entities, 10 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Austrian Air Services was founded on 4 February 1980, operating the first revenue flight on 1 April of that year. The company was originally owned by Austrian Airlines (26 percent) and the airport authorities of the five largest airports of the country (see below) with a 14.8% shareholding each,. Later it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Austrian Airlines. In 1993, 86 people worked for the airline. On 2 May 1994, Austrian Air Services was disestablished and all assets integrated in those of Tyrolean Airways.

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Destinations

Austrian Air Services operated scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations:

Graz - Graz Airport

Linz - Linz Airport

Klagenfurt - Klagenfurt Airport

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Salzburg - Salzburg Airport

Vienna - Vienna International Airport (base)

Fleet

The initial fleet of Austrian Air Services consisted of two Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner aircraft. From 1988 onwards, the fleet was expanded with larger Fokker 50 airliners. When the airline was disestablished in 1994, its then eight aircraft of that type were acquired by Tyrolean Airways.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1994Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1980Founded Founded1

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