Austrian confirms CityLine E195s will replace Fokker fleet

Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) has confirmed it is to replace its out going fleet of Fokker Aircraft (Woensdrecht) with Embraer (São José dos Campos) Regional Jets sourced from fellow Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int'l) subsidiary, Lufthansa CityLine (CL, Munich). On the formal approval of the airline's supervisory board, Austrian says beginning this autumn, it will add seventeen CityLine EMB-195s with the switch expected to be complete by the end of 2017.