Austrian Airlines is about to take possession of its first Embraer 195 on 17 it must receive from another subsidiary of the parent company Lufthansa CityLine.
The first Embraer 120 seats will be used initially for training purposes before operating its first commercial flight in January 2016, a second aircraft to join its fleet in September.
Austrian Airlines acquired a total of 17 Embraer E-195, at list prices which are worth nearly 900 million. Aged four years on average, they will gradually replace its aging fleet of Fokker 70 and 100, mean age of 21 years. A Gain consumption by 18% per seat is expected by the company.
About 200 pilots will be trained Austrian to fly the Embraer, the Austrian company has leased two Embraer E-170 with Estonian Air crew training for this process. But if the training program proves challenging, it also led to a shortage of pilots in late July with the cancellation of 70 flights.
The game of musical chairs for different fleets Lufthansa subsidiaries will continue as Lufthansa CityLine will receive in return 18 Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft today used by Eurowings, it must operate an A320 all-Airbus fleet as part of the low cost overhaul medium-haul Lufthansa (and A330 for its long haul flights)
The Austrian company Star Alliance also operates seven A319s, six A320s, six A321s, six Boeing 767-300ER, 777-200ER and five Dash 8 Q400 18.
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