OE-LBA 2 Airbus A321-111 Austrian Airlines (left side DREAMTEAM livery) MAN 21JAN17
Austrian's 'My DREAMTEAM' special livery for the 2016 Soccer World Cup. This was on the left side of the aircraft only!
Named: "Salzkammergut".
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AVZH, this aircraft was delivered to Austrian Airlines as OE-LBA in Dec-95. After 28 years in service the aircraft was ferried to Tallin, Estonia in mid Dec-23 and stored. Permanently retired? Updated 21-Jan-24.
Note: After several years of losses, the Austrian Government sold the company to the Lufthansa Group in 2009. In Jul-12, mounting losses, escalating costs and staff unrest caused the airline to transfer all their aircraft and routes to their subsidiary company Tyrolean Airways.
Additional small titles 'Operated by Tyrolean Airways' were displayed on the aircraft which continued to operate in full Austrian Airlines livery. Air crew and some other staff were offered new contracts. Three years later, in Apr-15, Tyrolean Airways was merged into Austrian Airlines and the 'Operated by...' part of the titles was removed from the aircraft.
OE-LBA 2 Airbus A321-111 Austrian Airlines (left side DREAMTEAM livery) MAN 21JAN17
Austrian's 'My DREAMTEAM' special livery for the 2016 Soccer World Cup. This was on the left side of the aircraft only!
Named: "Salzkammergut".
First flown with the Airbus test registration D-AVZH, this aircraft was delivered to Austrian Airlines as OE-LBA in Dec-95. After 28 years in service the aircraft was ferried to Tallin, Estonia in mid Dec-23 and stored. Permanently retired? Updated 21-Jan-24.
Note: After several years of losses, the Austrian Government sold the company to the Lufthansa Group in 2009. In Jul-12, mounting losses, escalating costs and staff unrest caused the airline to transfer all their aircraft and routes to their subsidiary company Tyrolean Airways.
Additional small titles 'Operated by Tyrolean Airways' were displayed on the aircraft which continued to operate in full Austrian Airlines livery. Air crew and some other staff were offered new contracts. Three years later, in Apr-15, Tyrolean Airways was merged into Austrian Airlines and the 'Operated by...' part of the titles was removed from the aircraft.