*** Updated March 11, 2023 ***
This B763 last flew for Austria Airlines in March, 2021. The aircraft was then scrapped in December, 2021.
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OE-LAT is certainly a senior citizen of the skies, entering service with Martinair Holland in 1991, 27 years ago. The Boeing 767-300ER flew for Lauda Air until that airline merged into Austria Airlines and has been officially flying for Austrian since 2007. We photographed the B763 on April 22, 2018 while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ).
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OE-LAT
OE-LAT performed its maiden flight on September 17, 1991 and was delivered to Martinair Holland on October 18, 1991 as PH-MCK. Martinair was founded in 1958 and is headquartered at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The subsidiary of Air France-KLM has been strictly a freight company since 2011 and now has a fleet consisting of a single Boeing 747-400BCF.
The Boeing 767-31AER spent little time based in Holland, transferred to Lauda Air on December 18, 1991 as OE-LAT. Lauda Air was founded in 1979 and commenced operations in 1985. In April, 2013, the airline was fully merged into Austrian Airlines.
On April 1, 2007, OE-LAT was transferred to Austrian. The aircraft is named ‘Thailand’ and is one of six Boeing 767-300ER airliners in the main fleet. The B763 is configured for a maximum total of 211 passengers with 26 seats in business class, 18 more in premium economy and 167 economy class seats.
On January 28, 2012, the Boeing 767 was flying from Vienna, Austria to Delhi, India. On the climb out of Vienna, the nose gear door would not close. After stopping the climb at 6,000 feet, the aircraft returned to its point of departure about an hour later. The issue was resolved and the flight restarted, reaching Delhi with just a two and half hour delay.
Just a few days later, on February 2, 2012, the airplane experienced gear issues again. Flying from Vienna to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, there was no indication that the gear was completely up and locked. Again, the climb was stopped and OE-LAT returned to Vienna. An alternate Boeing 767-300ER, OE-LAW (an airplane also featured at It’s About Airplanes) was brought in to take the passengers to Dubai.
On August 22, 2016, the B763 was flying from Beijing, China to Vienna. At about 130 miles northeast of Moscow, Russia, the crew received a waste tank indication that rendered all washrooms unusable on the airplane. OE-LAT was diverted to Moscow for a safe landing. The tanks were serviced on the ground and the flight continued about an hour later.
Just nine days later, OE-LAT was flying from Vienna to New York City. Approximately over Dublin, Ireland, a failure of the hydraulic systems occurred. Rather than risk crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the aircraft returned to Vienna for a safe landing.
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Boeing 767-300ER
The first Boeing 767-300ER was introduced with launch customer American Airlines in 1988, seven years after the initial 767 variant entered service with United Airlines in 1981. A direct competitor to the Airbus A330-200, 583 were delivered, in all.
the B763 is 55 metres or 180 feet in length with a wingspan of 48 metres or 156 feet. At the tail, the airliner stands 16 metres or 52 feet in height. The flight range is 11,070 kilometres.
Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines was founded on September 30, 1957 with the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways. Austrian Airways had been around since 1923. Headquartered in Schwechat, Austria, the airline is a member of the Star Alliance and is has been under the ownership of the Lufthansa Group since 2007.
Currently, there are over 80 aircraft in the main fleet, flying to 130 destinations around the world. The largest in the fleet is the Boeing 777-200ER. The most numerous, with recent additions from the defunct Air Berlin, is the Airbus A320-200.