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The airline was founded
on 30 September 1957, making its maiden flight on 18 March 1958 when a
Vickers Viscount 779 took off from Vienna for London, England via
Zurich. Austrian Airlines was formed through the merger of Air Austria
and Austrian Airways. It launched domestic services on 1 May 1963.
A major focus in the Austrian route network is Eastern Europe and the
Middle East, much of which is operated by subsidiary Tyrolean. March
2007 also saw the termination of the airlines longest flights, the
Vienna-Singapore-Melbourne and Vienna-Kuala Lumpur-Sydney routes, ending
operations on the Kangaroo Route. This was Melbourne's last
European-based airline connecting the city with direct flights to
Europe.
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