With the transfer of the OE-LGP to Canada last Wednesday or Thursday, the phasing out of the Dash 8 fleet at the AUA is progressing again. After the corona-related decommissioning in March, the “Spirit of Alpbach” was initially stored in Bratislava from April to August before it flew to St. John's via Glasgow, Reykjavik & Narsarsuaq.

After the first flight in February 2000, she began her career in October 2001 (LN-WDZ) as the first DHC Dash 8-400 handed over to Wideroe. This was followed by N539DS (Horizon Air & Island Air), C-FSPV (Bombardier), D-ADHQ (Augsburg Airways), PH-DHQ (SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance) and finally the delivery in September 2014 as OE-LGP to Tyrolean Airways with the later transfer of operations to Austrian Airlines.

This article was written by Maximilian Gruber written.