Lauda Airlines
 

Has anyone had experiences with this line?I had heard it was a great line--but "why" is still an unknown to me. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

They are very good but very small too!!!

Nicky Lauda (the race car vetran and owner) often has to fly himself!
I think they have less than 10 aircraft!

But they get their catering from a lokal restaurant in Vienna!!!! So talk about individual service!!!!!

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Viele Grüße

Oliver

Lauda belongs to the Austrian Airline Group (together with mother company Austrian Airlines and 'sister' Tyrolian Airways).

Lauda 'runs' only two classes. Their international business-class 'AMADEUS' is often rated the very best business-class worldwide.

Since this spring 2000 all airlines of the Austrian Group belong as full members to LH's miles&more frequent-flier-program (they left Qualiflyer then). And at the same time all three companies joined StarAlliance (LH had to do 'diplomatic/convincing work' with some old/founder-members of StarAlliance then to get them in so fast).

I will fly Lauda (NG 001 and NG 002) for the first time this january-2001 (in upgraded business) from Vienna to Melbourne (with stops in Kuala Lumpur and Sydney) and back from Melbourne to Vienna (with one short stop in Kuala Lumpur again). The ticket is Zurich (Austrian) - Vienna (Lauda) - Melbourne and back for SFr 1'999 in eco plus 2*50'000 miles&more miles for upgrading all segments to 'Amadeus' (starting/ending in Zurich).

More or less the same frequent-flier rules in other StarAlliance-programs apply for flying Lauda as they do for flying LH - but not sure yet (even Austrian people working at the StarAlliance-office, run by LH, in downtown Zurich, don't know) if you can use UA-miles for upgrades (as you can on LH flights).

homepages:[*]NG = Lauda: http://www.laudaair.com [*]OS = Austrian: http://www.aua.com [*]VO = Tyrolean: http://www.tyrolean.at

some Lauda destinations:
Vienna, Hamburg, Munich, Geneva, Manchester, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Nice, Istanbul, Agadir, Riga, Tallinn, Sofia, Berlin (Tegel), Dusseldorf, London Heathrow, Milan, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Athens, Kula Lumpur, Sydney, Melbourne (plus many code-shares).

Australiens interested in the Dusseldorf event could fly MEL or SYD to Vienna (one stop at Kuala Lumpur) and on to Dusseldorf and back on Lauda. Lauda leaves/arrives from/in Australia SYD/MEL only on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

in add to the above mentioned 'regular' line-service destinations Lauda also flies as the Austrian vacation airline (with two classes) unregularly/seasonal from mainly Vienna (also from Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Linz, Salzburg) to/from: Agadir, Almeria, Antalya, Bodrum, Cagliari, Cancun, Chania, Cochin, Colombo, Corfu, Dalaman, Djerba, Dubai, Faro, Fuertuventura, Funchal, Heraklion, Holguin, Hurghada, Ibiza, Jerez de la Frontera, Karpathos, Kavalla, Kos, Kefallinia, Lanzarote, Lamezia Terme, Las Palmas, Luxor, Mahon, Malaga, Malé, Marseille, Monastir, Montpellier, Mykonos, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Preveza/Lefkas, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Rhodos, Samos, Santorini, Shannon, Sharm el Sheikh, Saathos, Teneriffa, Thessaloniki, Tunis, Varadero, Zakynthos,

Lauda planes:[*]Boeing 777-200 IGW 42 Amadeus Class, 302 eco[*]Boeing 767-300 ER 36 Amadeus Class, 209 eco[*]Boeing 767-300 ER 24 Amadeus Class, 220 eco[*]Boeing 767-800 184 eco[*]Boeing 737-400 164 eco, business variabel[*]Boeing 737-300 57 business (variabel), 82 eco[*]Canadair Regional Jet 100 ER 50 business only

"some Lauda destinations: ... , Rome, Nice, Istanbul, ..."

Where did you read that, Rudi?

As far as I know, Lauda Air is not flying to Istanbul.

Are they planning to start??


[This message has been edited by rozy (edited 08-10-2000).]

rozy: as mentioned they fly those locations as a 'holidy airline', often 'code-share' with OS equipment as carrier = their mother airline Austrian.

Lauda Timetable, 26-march-00 to 28-oct-00, pages 314-329, listed under the headlines "Austrian Happy days and Lauda Golden Standard vacation flights".

wow, Rudi, that is a very quick reply. Thanks for the info.