The Merger Is Announced
On 5 December 2014, the Austrian Airlines Group announced the final merger of Tyrolean Airways and Austrian Airlines AG, effective from 1 April 2015. Following the agreement on a new collective-bargaining framework in the autumn of 2014, the way was clear for flight operations to return to the parent company.
The Technical Operation Is Spun Off
On 1 March 2015, ahead of the actual merger, the technical maintenance operation at the Innsbruck site was spun off into its own subsidiary: Tyrolean Airways Luftfahrzeuge Technik GmbH, better known as Tyrolean Technik. Around 120 employees worked there at the time, specialising in the maintenance of turboprop aircraft, in particular the Dash 8.
The End as an Independent Airline
On 1 April 2015, Tyrolean Airways GmbH as an airline was merged into Austrian Airlines AG. All flight operations, staff and the fleet finally reverted to the parent company. From that day on, all flights once again carried the “Austrian Airlines” designation directly, and the “operated by Tyrolean” suffix used since 2012 was dropped. The merger also ended Tyrolean’s own membership of Star Alliance under its own name, having belonged to the alliance since 2000. After 35 years of scheduled flight operations, from the Dash 7’s first departure in April 1980 to the merger in April 2015, Tyrolean Airways thus ceased to exist as an independent legal entity.
Sources (Selection)
- Wikipedia (German): Tyrolean Airways
- Wikipedia: Tyrolean Airways
- ch-aviation: Austrian/Tyrolean merger announcement
Further reading: → What Remains: Tyrolean Technik
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This chapter is part of the detailed corporate history of Tyrolean Airways. Independent, private history project with no connection to Austrian Airlines AG, the Lufthansa Group or the Swarovski corporate group.