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Austrian Airlines First Embraer E195 Departs Fleet, Heads to Air Dolomiti

Austrian Airlines’ first Embraer E195 has been transferred to Air Dolomiti, as Austrian continues their fleet renewal process.


Austrian Airlines Embraer E195 - Courtesy Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines Embraer E195 - Courtesy Austrian Airlines

On Friday (December 12, 2025), Austrian Airlines announced that their first Embraer E195 has officially departed their fleet and will continue service with Lufthansa Group sister airline Air Dolomiti.  Flight EN9910, registration I-ENJA, departed for Verona at 17:04 today.  The aircraft previously flew for Austrian under registration number OE-LWM.  It was given a send-off by Austrian Technik with a specially made banner. Today’s flight marks the start Austrian’s previously announced short and medium haul flight renewal program. The first step in this process is the decommissioning of 17 Embraer aircraft.  A total of 13 of these aircraft will go to Air Dolomiti, while the remaining four will be sold externally.


In Friday’s announcement, Austrian Airlines’ COO, Stefan-Kenan Scheib, said,


“We are saying goodbye to the first of 17 Embraer aircraft, which has served us well and provided important services for many years.  We are delighted that a large part of the Embraer fleet will now continue to fly with Austrian’s sister company Air Dolomiti.  I would like to thank everyone in the Austrian team who has made the start of the fleet rollover for Austrian Airlines’ short- and medium-haul fleet so quick, safe, and straightforward.”

 

Austrian Airlines’ first Embraer E195 joined the carrier in January 2016, replacing the carrier’s previously operated Fokker aircraft, and entered passenger revenue service on April 16, 2016 with service between Vienna and Stuttgart.  The aircraft that was retired today leaves the Austrian fleet after 30,393 operating hours, 21,417 of which were for Austrian, and more than nine years of service with Austrian.  The airline expects to phase out their entire Embraer fleet by 2028.


Austrian will receive six additional brand-new 180-seat Airbus A320neos, which will progressively replace the 17 Embraer aircraft.  The first of these six aircraft are expected to be delivered in summer 2026, expanding Austrian’s Airbus fleet to 46 aircraft.  As previously announced Austrian’s long-haul fleet is also being renewed.  In mid-2024, the first two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners were added to the carrier’s fleet.  Austrian expects to take delivery of ten more Dreamliners by the end of 2028.  This will modernize the airline’s current long-haul fleet, which includes seven Boeing 777s and three Boeing 767s.



Source: Austrian Airlines

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