Austria Aviation News

Bede BD-5J (The Flying Bulls) crash near Innsbruck

1st May 2013, 19:51 CET, Austria, 9837 views

RedBull's Microjet crashed into a field near Innsbruck today, killing the pilot. The pilot reported a technical problem and wanted to make an emergency...

Cessna 414 crash near Innsbruck

30th September 2012, 11:22 CET, Austria, 6109 views

A private Cessna 414 crashed on sunday morning near Innsbruck. According to the police the airplane caught fire after the crash. 6 people died, only 2...

Reims F150 crashes near Salzburg

21st June 2012, 18:53 CET, Austria, 1346 views

Today on the 21. June a private operated Reims F150 crashed at Straßwalchen. Both men died. The plane started in Gmunden and they wanted to fly to Salzburg....

Impulse crash

9th June 2012, 21:29 CET, Austria, 2381 views

A privately owned Impulse 100TD crashed, 9th june 2012 at Krems, Austria in to heavy fog. All people on board died.

The pilot is named as Wolfgang...

Special visitors for Youth Olympic Games 2012 in Innsbruck

12th January 2012, 22:28 CET, Austria, 2075 views

The 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games are taking place from the 13 -22 January in Innsbruck. Innsbruck is the first city worldwide to host Olympic Games for a...

Scalaria Air Challenge 2011

11th July 2011, 09:15 CET, Austria, 1847 views

A festival of seaplanes and float planes on Lake Wolfgang, Austria.

Photos from Full Member Emanuel Linert and member Sebastian Maudanz...

Airpower 2011 Photos

2nd July 2011, 22:15 CET, Austria, 5140 views

Some 290 000 people visited this year's Airpower (July 1st-2nd, 2011) in Zeltweg, Austria. Airpower is one of the major European airshows, and is held...

Arrows Dash 8-300s Bow out

30th June 2011, 19:09 CET, Austria, 2997 views

The last Austrian Arrows DHC-8-300 has been retired and sold to Commutair as N839CA

Formerly OE-LTO which was delivered 10-11-2000 to Tyrolean...

Airpower Zeltweg 2011 arrivals

29th June 2011, 15:07 CET, Austria, 3451 views

Pictures from Full Member Patricie and Suchy...

Emergency landing in Innsbruck

18th June 2011, 17:08 CET, Austria, 2982 views

A Piaggio Avanti 180 made an emergency landing in Innsbruck after the pilot reported problems with the right gear. After several low passes near the tower,...

Austrian Arrow - Retires its last Dash 8-300

1st November 2010, 08:34 CET, Austria, 1674 views

As part of an efficiency drive Austrian Arrows will reduce its DHC-8-300 fleet and partly replace them with larger DHC-8-400s. Arrows operated its last...

First visit of KLM in Innsbruck after 49 years

12th July 2010, 20:34 CET, Austria, 1571 views

Today, July 12, a KLM aircraft visited Innsbruck the first time since 19 June 1961.

The last flight was a DC-3 from Brussels, over 49 years...

Scalaria Air Challenge 2010

11th July 2010, 23:15 CET, Austria, 1968 views

The Scalaria Air Challenge 2010 (the biggest aeroboat meeting in Europe!) took place in St.Wolfgang am Wolfgangsee lake area, Austria. Visitors could see a...

Austrian Heli Rescue

18th February 2010, 07:02 CET, Austria, 1619 views

The maxim that a photographer should carry their camera with them at all times proved true for AP Member Marc Ulm, when he had the opportunity to photograph...

First Austrian Boeing 737-800

23rd January 2010, 16:47 CET, Austria, 2497 views

Austrian Airlines repainted a former Lauda Air Boeing 737-800 in full Austrian Airlines colors. OE-LNS was seen today departing out of Innsbruck in nice late...