February10, 2017 / 007e

Austrian Embraer Jet OE-LWL Christened as the “City of Prague”

  • Embraer flies to more than 60 airports in Europe
  • Flying ambassador of the City of Prague transports more than 160,000 passengers annually

Austrian Airlines and the Prague City Tourism are christening the Embraer jet with the registration number OE-LWL as the “City of Prague”. In addition to the name, the aircraft highlights the logo of the Prague City Tourism. In this way, the city will be advertised at more than 60 European airports, from Sweden to Greece and from Russia to Great Britain. Each year, this Embraer aircraft carries more than 160,000 passengers on its short- and medium-haul flights in Central and Eastern Europe.

Prague City Tourism CEO Nora Dolanská commented: “Our cooperation with Austrian Airlines is a great opportunity to promote Prague all around Europe. Prague is the first city that has reached a successful conclusion with the airline;a couple of other European cities are currently considering following.”

Austrian Airlines Fleet Chief Rudolf Buchsteiner adds:“This Embraer jet is not only a flying ambassador of the City of Prague, but also represents the longstanding connection between Austrian Airlines and this famous city on the Vltava River.”

In total, Austrian Airlines will add 17 Embraer aircraft to its fleet until the end of 2017, gradually replacing its Fokker fleet. The fleet renewal program also enhances travel comfort: The cabin equipped with a two-by-two-seating is particularly spacious thanks to its ergonomic design, thus offering passengers a feeling of enjoying more space. The Embraer jets have an average age of four years, providing room for 120 passengers. The list price of an Embraer jet is about USD 52 million.

Your Contact Persons for requests:

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PRAGUE CITY TOURISM

Barbora Hrubá

Telephone +420221714138

GSM +420777355999

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES

Wilhelm Baldia

Telephone +43 (0)5 1766-11234
Fax +43 (0)5 1766-511234

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Prague City Tourism

is a modern marketing organization funded by the City of Prague. Our mission is to foster the development of both domestic and international tourism in the Czech capital. Prague City Tourism provides current and future visitors with the latest information on Prague’s attractions, experiences and services through its web site and visitor centres. As Prague’s official tourism marketing organization, we work with the media and travel trade partners in organizing educational trips, workshops, and presentations.

Austrian Airlines

is Austria’s flag carrier. The once state-owned but still convinced red-white-red airline operates a route network of approximately 130 destinations. Its home airport in Vienna-Schwechat remains a flight traffic interface between East and West due to its favorable geographical location and Austria’s history as a melting pot for the Crown Lands of the monarchy. About 120 of the 360 daily flights are destined for Central and Eastern Europe. Austrian Airlines, popularly shortened to “AUA”, transports eleven million passengers annually, with a work force of 3,402 female employees and 2,898 male employees. The former are Austria‘s biggest customers for red tights. The charming women in red used up a total of 13,553 pairs of red tights during the last year.

By the way, Austrian Airlines is quite an international company. This is not only due to the fact that it employs people from 58 nations, but because it belongs to the Lufthansa Group, the largest airline group in Europe. Moreover, Austrian Airlines is a member of the Star Alliance, the first global alliance of international airlines. Incidentally, you can find some pretty smart photos of AUA here:

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