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Austrian Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Austria, headquartered in Vienna, with a hub at Innsbruck Airport. The airline was founded on 30 September 1957, making its maiden flight on 31 March 1958 when a Vickers Viscount 779 took off from Vienna for London, England via Zurich. Austrian Airlines was formed through the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways. It launched domestic services on 1 May 1963. The armed monitoring of Austrian flights by Cobra (police anti-terrorist-squad of Austrian Federal Ministry of interior) began in 1981. During each accompanied flight at least two undercover armed air marshals are on board.
