01.07.1990
DDr. Anton Heschgl / Erich Mara / Dr. Herbert Bammer / Dipl.Ing. Georg Urbanski are appointed to the Managing Board.
01.07.1993
Dr. Herbert Bammer / Mario Rehulka form the two-man Managing Board of Austrian Airlines.
26.12.1996
Introduction of the uniforms in the new Corporate Design.
12.03.1997
Austrian Airlines take a share of 36% in Lauda Air .
10.12.1997
Austrian Airlines increase their share in Tyrolean Airways to 85.7 %.
23.03.1999
Austrian Airlines increase their share in Tyrolean Airways to 100 %.
20.04.1999
Austrian Airlines flights can be booked "online" via Internet.
25.05.1999
Increase of capital stock from ATS 2.6 to 3.4 billion.
06.03.2000
Farewell of the last Austrian Airlines Airbus A310 - one of the first real red-white- red spacious jet.
26.03.2000
Austrian Airlines join Star Alliance.
31.01.2001
Austrian Airlines raise their interest in Lauda air to 54.6% by acquiring voting capital shares.
15.02.2001
Austrian Airlines announce the take-over of 100% of Rheintalflug shares.
01.10.2001
Vagn Soerensen is nominated Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Mag. Thomas Kleibl as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
15.10.2001
Dr. Josef E. Burger is nominated Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Dr. Walter Bock as Chief Operations Officer (COO).
14.11.2001
Austrian Airlines raise their interest in Lauda to 99% by acquiring voting capital shares.
06.06.2002
Austrian Airlines raise their interest in Lauda to 100%
01.10.2002
Rheintalflug is integrated into Tyrolean Airways at 100%
16.09.2003
Announcement of new branding ("Austrian", "Austrian arrows" operated by Tyrolean, "Lauda Air")
28.03.2004:
Start of “Focus East”: with all together 38 destinations in Central- and Eastern Europe the Austrian Airlines Group is market leader in this area.
25.02.2006
Austrian announces Annual Result for 2005 with an EBIT of EUR -100 Mia and an adjusted EBIT of -52 Mio.
01.05.2006
As of April 1, 2006 Alfred Ötsch is appointed Member of the Managing Board of the Austrian Airlines Group and becomes Chief Executive Officer as of May 1, 2006.
28.06.2006
Peter Michaelis is elected as new chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Austrian Airlines AG. He is taking over the function from Rainer Wieltsch, who will be Second Deputy Chaiman of the Supervisory Board in the future.
27.07.2006
The fist new equipped Boeing 777, OE-LPB, is taking off with the new Austrian business Class leeper seats.
01.11.2006
The Supervisory Board of Austrian Airlines approves acceleration of long-haul restructuring and fleet harmonisation. Austrian will cut the Airbis A330 fleet, which consists of four long-haul aircraft, starting in 2007.
02.11.2006
The extraordinary general Meeting of shareholders approves a capital increase of Austrian Airlines Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG.
01.12.2006
Capital increase with approximately EUR 367 Mio offer volume successfully completed. Final offer price with EUR 7,10 per share fixed.
11.12.2006
Austrian flies to Erbil/Iraq as first european airline.
19.01.2007
Once again new passenger-record: 10,8 Mio passengers in 2006.
07.03.2007
Austrian announces Annual Result for 2006 with an EBIT of EUR -89 Mio. Adjusted EBIT: -8,3 Mio.
25.04.2007
Clear improvement of the results in 1st quarter 2007 with an EBIT of -19 Mio EUR and passenger growth of +6% in 2006.
30.09.2007
Executive Vice President Dr. Josef E. Burger (Chief Commercial Officer) resigns from the Austrian Airlines Management Board.
08.10.2007
The austrian Airlines Group moves into the new head Office: 900 employees relocate from Vienna-Oberlaa to the Vienna-Airport.
10.12.2007
At the ordinary Supervisory Board Meeting the Supervisory Board appointed Dr. Peter Malanik as Chief Operations Officer (COO) with effect from 1st January, and Dr. Andreas Bierwirth as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) from 1st April 2008.
09.01.2008
Austrian announces following new flights to Sochi and Nizhniy Novgorod from April 2008. With this action Austrian stregthens its position as worldwide second biggest airline concerning numbers of destinations in Russian-traffic.
12.03.2008
Chief Financial Officer Thomas Kleibl takes initiative in amicable of his Board of Management contract.
12.03.2008
The Supervisory Board of Austrian Airlines AG acknowledges in its meeting the participation of the Saudi-Arabian Austrian businessman sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber in Austrian Airlines AG by way of a capital increase with full subscription rights of the existing sharholders.
12.03.2008
Austrian Airlines announces a positive Net Result 2007 with 3,3, Mio EUR.
31.03.2008
Austrian Airlines celebrate their 50th anniversary (first flight to London 31.03.1958)
15.7.2008
A new era starts for Business Class passengers on flights to Central Asia and the Middle East: Business Class passengers will enjoy the Austrian Premium Service, which combines Austrian Hospitality with Oriental flair, on flights between Vienna and Astana, Damascus, Teheran, Dubai, Erbil, Cairo and as of October also to Jeddah and Riyadh.
12.8.2008
The Austrian Government issues the privatization mandate for the Austrian Airlines Group.
13.8.2008
With announcements in the Austrian daily paper "Wiener Zeitung" and the European issue of the English paper "Financial Times", Österreichische Industrieholding Aktiengesellschaft (ÖIAG) has started today the tender process for selling its shareholding in Austrian Airlines.
15.9.2008
Opening of the "Vienna Aviation Campus". The newly constructed training centre combines all training facilities at one location. The training building provides a connection between the simulator centre of Lufthansa Flight Training and the already existent Flight Safety and Security Center (mock-up hall) of Austrian Airlines.
3.12.2008
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG approves a bid to purchase Austrian Airlines. Lufthansa will initially acquire the 41.56 per cent share in Austrian Airlines AG held by Österreichische Industrieholding AG.
5.12.2008
The Supervisory Board of ÖIAG gives a green light to the sale to Lufthansa of ÖIAG´s share in Austrian Airlines. The signing of the contract took place after a meeting of the Supervisory Board of ÖIAG. Execution of the contract concluded depends in particular on the suspensive condition of a resolution by the Council of Ministers of the Austrian Federal Government, and approval by the European Commission of the contract under Competition Law, and of restructuring aid of EUR 500 million being paid by the Republic of Austria.
30.1.2009
Alfred Ötsch resigns as Chief Executive Officer as of 31 January 2009. Subject to the consent of the Supervisory Board, his duties on the Board of Management will be taken over by the COO Dr. Peter Malanik and CCO Dr. Andreas Bierwirth.
11.2.2009
Opening of transaction enquiry by European Union, beginning with assistance procedure.
8.5.2009
Opening of competition enquiry by European Union.
28.8.2009
European Commission approves takeover following intense negotiations, along with restructuring assistance of 500 million euros.
3.9.2009
Closing. Agreement signed in Vienna with new partner, Lufthansa. Austrian Airlines becomes member of Lufthansa Group. Lufthansa Group consequently becomes largest airline in Europe.