Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) is reportedly considering starting flights to South America. Austrian's CEO, Jaan Albrecht, said the arrival of a fifth B777-200 next year in Summer has once more piqued the Star Alliance member's interest in the South American market, especially during the European winter season, but that any flights would depend on the validity of traffic rights which it inherited from Lauda Air (Vienna). Austrian's once prolific international network was curtailed in 2006 when it disposed of its four A330-200s and two A340-300s in order to focus on the short/medium haul markets. However, with a growing fleet of B777-200s and B767-300s, the airline is once again seeking to expand its long-haul market presence, with added US and Asian destinations also on the cards in the year to come.