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Lauda Air Luftfahrt GmbH was〔http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/airline/NG〕 an airline headquartered at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Austria. It was owned by Niki Lauda during much of its existence and has been a charter airline subsidiary for leisure operations of Austrian Airlines at last. On 6 April 2013, Lauda Air ceased to exist and was replaced by ''Austrian myHoliday'', a new brand name that is used for flights and leisure offers provided by Austrian Airlines.〔(''Lauda Air'' ); DIE Press; retrieved .〕 ==History== Lauda Air was established in April 1979 by former Formula One world motor racing champion, Niki Lauda, and started operations in 1985, initially operating as a charter and air taxi service. One of the first jetliner types used by Lauda Air was the British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven series 500 with these aircraft being leased from Romanian airline TAROM. It opened its headquarters in the Lauda Air Building in Schwechat, Austria.〔(99 "World Airline Directory );" ''Flight International''; 27 March–2 April 1991; Head Office: Lauda Air Building, PO Box 56, 1300 Wien-Schwechat, Austria; accessed .〕 Scheduled operations were licensed and initiated in 1987; and in 1990 licences for international flights were obtained. In 1989 Lauda started its first long-haul flights from Vienna to Sydney and Melbourne, via Bangkok. In the 1990s, it started to fly its Sydney and Melbourne flights via Kuala Lumpur and Bali. Daily flights to Dubai, Cuba, and Miami via Munich followed. Lauda Air became a wholly owned subsidiary of Austrian Airlines in December 2000, and employed 35 as of March 2007.〔 In 2005 the flight operation merged with Austrian Airlines, and the label, "Lauda Air" operated charter flights within the Austrian Airlines Group. At an AAG board meeting in November 2006, plans were approved to retire the Airbus wide-bodied fleet by mid-2007, to concentrate on a Boeing 767 and Boeing 777 fleet. As a result of subsequent fleet cuts, Austrian Airlines suspended some long-haul services and Lauda Air withdrew from the long-haul charter market over the next year.〔Airliner World; January 2007〕 This led to a refocus on the short/medium haul market, and led to the addition of a 737-800 to take over most of the charter routes. Lauda Air also had an Italian subsidiary, Lauda Air S.p.A.,〔(''Lauda Air Annual Report 1995/1996'' ); 24 May 1998 article; Lauda Air; retrieved 6 March 2013.〕 which ended its operations in 2007.〔(''9 Fam 41.2 Exhibit III List of Signatory Visa Waiver Program (VWP) Carriers: INA 217(E) Signatory Transportation Lines'' ); (Archive of ) U.S. Department of State website; retrieved on 15 February 2013.〕 Lauda Air was officially merged into Austrian Airlines on 1 July 2012. All aircraft within the group were transferred to Austrian Airlines on 1 July 2012, to be able to take advantage of Austrian Airlines structure. The last carried the Lauda Air livery until the closure of the brand to secure the Air operator's certificate. The brand was retired at the start of the summer flight schedule on 31 March 2013, and was replaced by "Austrian myHoliday". It is no longer an airline but branding that is used to sell Austrian Airlines' own leisure offers.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lauda Air」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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