Austrian abruptly ends Braathens Regional wet‑lease after failed audit and Braathens International insolvency

Austrian Airlines has suspended and immediately terminated its wet‑lease cooperation with Swedish Braathens Regional Airways after a Lufthansa Group audit found the carrier did not meet group standards, and amid the insolvency of sister company Braathens International Airways. The abrupt split creates immediate operational and capacity questions.

Discovered 2025-12-15T06:44:27.358481-08:00 | 2025-12-15T06:44:27.358481-08:00

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  • The move removes a contracted ACMI/wet‑lease partner and follows the group's wider financial distress: Braathens International filed for bankruptcy and grounded its Airbus fleet, and the Braathens group entered formal financial reorganisation (bankruptcy filing and grounding, financial reorganisation).
  • Austrian is already reshuffling regional capacity — including an E195 transfer to Air Dolomiti — so the loss of Braathens' ATR operations tightens short‑term capacity and forces immediate reallocation across the group (E195 transfer and phase‑out).

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