IATA Code: OS ICAO Code: AUA Known As: Austrian Airlines Full Name: Austrian Airlines Country: Austria Hubs: Vienna Callsign: Austrian Web Site: www.aua.com History: Austrian Airlines was established on September 30, 1957 through the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways. The airline's maiden flight was on March 18, 1958, when a Vickers Viscount 779 took off from Vienna for London. Austrian's transatlantic services began on April 1, 1969 with a Vienna to Brussels and New York service in cooperation with Sabena. Austrian Airlines wholly owns subsidiary airlines Austrian Arrows and Lauda Air, and has a share in Slovak Airlines. On October 1, 2004 scheduled services of Austrian and Lauda Air were merged, leaving Lauda Air as a brand name only for charter flights.