Austrian Air Services, officially licensed as Österreichischer Inlands- und Regionalflugdienst GesmbH (

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for ''Austrian Domestic and Regional Flight Service''), was an airline headquartered in Austria, operating domestic and regional flights on behalf of Austrian Airlines.

History

Austrian Air Services was founded on 4 February 1980, with the first revenue flight on 1 April of that year. The company originally was owned by Austrian Airlines (26 percent) and the airport authorities of the five largest airports of the country (see below) to 14.8 percent each,flightglobal.com: World Airline Directory, 1980 issue
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Destinations

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

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- Graz Airport * Linz - Linz Airport * Klagenfurt - Klagenfurt Airport * 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

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airliners. When the airline was disestablished in 1994, its then eight aircraft of that type were acquired by

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Incidents

On 17 September 1984, an Austrian Air Services Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner ( registered OE-LSA) was damaged beyond repair in a

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at Vienna International Airport, following the failure to deploy the landing gear. There were no reports of any notable injuries to the eight passengers and two pilots on board.Austrian Air Services 1984 landing incident at the Aviation Safety Network
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References

Defunct airlines of Austria Airlines established in 1980 Airlines disestablished in 1994 {{Austria-company-stub