Austrian Airlines to transfer 17 Embraer E195s to Air Dolomiti; type out of AUA fleet by 2028

Austrian Airlines will transfer its 17 Embraer E195s to Air Dolomiti, removing the type from its fleet by 2028. The move shifts regional capacity within the Lufthansa Group and could see the jets continue flying on AUA‑branded services operated by Air Dolomiti.

Discovered 2025-09-27T03:15:47.532566-07:00 | 2025-09-27T03:15:47.532566-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

Austrian will remove 17 Embraer E195s from its fleet by 2028, a concrete step in its regional fleet phase‑out and simplification plan; see Austrian’s broader decision to retire the E195s and add A320neo jets (reported earlier)
The transfer reallocates regional capacity inside the group and may preserve AUA‑branded routes via Air Dolomiti operations; this follows other intra‑group fleet moves that shift jets from Vienna to Zurich
Expect operational and cost impacts from consolidating onto neo and larger single‑aisle types, with implications for maintenance, crew training and network planning (background on the A320neo transfers)

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