Austrian Airlines welcomed its new Boeing 777 at its home airport in Vienna. The long-haul aircraft with the registration OE-LPF was modified in Hong Kong and adapted to meet the standards of Austrian Airlines over a period of four months. After a successful acceptance flight the Boeing 777 was transferred to Vienna. The flight with the flight number OS 1472 to departed at 3 a.m. local time from Hong Kong and arrived in Vienna at 2:40 p.m. local time after flight time of nearly 12 hours.
Boeing 777 will transport about 150,000 passengers per year
“The additional Boeing 777 offers room for 306 passengers and will transport about 150,000 passengers per year. In this way it is of major importance to the Austrian business location. The tourism sector as well as the labor market and the infrastructure in Austria will benefit from the new aircraft”, states Austrian Airlines CEO Kay Kratky. The Boeing 777 was leased from the Irish aircraft lessor AerCap for a period of eight years and represents an investment value of about EUR 60 million including conversion costs. The value as new of the world’s largest twin-engine passenger jet is about EUR 200 million. About 150 employees are required to operate such an aircraft (110 flight attendants, 30 pilots, five station employees and five technicians). This wide-bodied jet has a seating capacity of 306 people (38 Business Class, 24 Premium Economy and 244 Economy Class).
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