Braathens Regional Secures Wetlease Deal with Austrian Airlines
Braathens Regional Airlines and Austrian Airlines have this week announced a new wetleasing deal that will take place in the Summer 2024 season.
This marks a new relationship between the two sides, as many airlines get themselves ready for what is going to be a busy period in the year.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Braathens Regional Secures Wetlease Deal with Austrian Airlines…
It is understood that under the terms of the deal with Austrian Airlines & Braathens Regional, the Embraer E195 will be utilised the most, with some ATR services in the middle of it as well.
The full program for this leasing arrangement is as follows:
| Destination | Programme | Flight number | Additional information |
| Belgrade (BEG) | partial programme | OS737OS738 | Daily on ATR Rest continues to fly on E95 |
| Bologna (BLQ) | partial programme | OS549 OS550 | Saturday traffic day on ATRRest continues to fly on E95 |
| Graz (GRZ) | partial programme | OS977 OS978 | Daily on ATR Rest continues to fly on E95 |
| Klagenfurt (KLU) | Full programme | OS393 OS940 OS943 OS944 | Complete switch from E95 to ATRIntroduction of Nightstop |
| Košice (KSC) | Full programme | OS741 OS742 OS743 OS744 | Complete change from E95 to ATR |
| Leipzig (LEJ) | Full programme | OS251 OS252 OS253 OS254 | Complete change from E95 to ATR |
| Warsaw (WAW) | partial programme | OS631 OS632 | Saturday traffic day on ATRRest continues to fly on E95 |
| Zagreb (ZAG) | partial programme | OS681 OS682 OS683 OS684 | Traffic days Monday (OS681/682), Saturday and Sunday (OS683/8849) on ATRRest continues to fly on E95 |
Austrian Airlines CCO Michael Trestl had this to say on the deal:
“On some regional routes, the demand has not fully returned after the pandemic.”
“To continue connecting these routes to our Vienna hub in the future, we need adjusted capacity structures.”
“I am pleased to have found a dedicated partner in Braathens Regional Airlines in this challenging segment”.
Adding to this was Ulrika Matsgård, CEO of Braathens Regional Airlines:
“We are very excited about the collaboration with Austrian Airlines and hope to further develop it over time.”
“We have extensive experience in providing this type of service at a high quality level and look forward to offering it also in the Austrian market”.
All eyes will be on how this new deal performs, as well as whether there is scope to expand this further going into the future.
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