Niki (airline)
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| Niki | ||
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| IATA HG |
ICAO NLY |
Callsign FLYNIKI |
| Founded | 2003 | |
| Hubs | Vienna International Airport, Salzburg Airport | |
| Frequent flyer program | topbonus | |
| Alliance | Cooperation with airberlin | |
| Fleet size | 9 (+14 on order) | |
| Destinations | 35 | |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria | |
| Key people | Niki Lauda | |
| Website: http://www.flyniki.com | ||
Niki is an airline based in Vienna, Austria. It operates services to leisure destinations in Europe and Egypt from Vienna, Salzburg and Friedrichshafen on behalf of tour operator Neckermann Reisen. Its main base is Vienna International Airport.[1]
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[edit] History
Niki Lauda, ex-Grand Prix driver, had been ousted from Lauda Air by boardroom politics in November 2000. In 2003 Niki Lauda acquired the former Aero Lloyd Austria operation. The airline started operations on 28 November 2003 with the temporary name FlyNiki. On 9 January 2004, Niki announced cooperation with Air Berlin. The two airlines considered their cooperation a "low fares alliance".[citation needed]
The airline is owned by Air Berlin (24%) and Niki Lauda and has 197 employees (at March 2007).[1].
Niki Lauda holds a commercial pilot's license, and from time to time flies segments of NIKI airline flights as captain.
[edit] Destinations
Niki operates services to leisure destinations in Europe and Egypt from Vienna, Salzburg, Linz and Graz on behalf of tour operator Neckermann Reisen.
International scheduled destinations (at March 2008):
[edit] Africa
[edit] Egypt
- Hurghada (Hurghada International Airport)
- Luxor -winter only
- Marsa Alam (Marsa Alam International Airport)
- Sharm el-Sheikh (Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport)
[edit] Europe
[edit] Austria
[edit] France
[edit] Germany
[edit] Greece
- Heraklion (Heraklion International Airport, "Nikos Kazantzakis") - summer only
- Korfu - summer only
- Kos (Kos Island International Airport) - summer only
- Rhodes (Rhodes International Airport, "Diagoras") - summer only
- Samos - summer only
- Thessaloniki - summer only
- Zakynthos (Zakynthos International Airport, "Dionysios Solomos") - summer only
[edit] Italy
- Lamezia Terme - summer only
- Milan (Malpensa International Airport)
- Rome (Leonardo da Vinci International Airport)
[edit] Portugal
- Lisbon (Portela Airport)
- Madeira (Madeira Airport) - winter only
[edit] Russia
[edit] Spain
- Fuerteventura (El Matorral Airport) - winter only
- Ibiza - summer only
- Lanzarote (Arrecife Airport) - winter only
- Las Palmas (Gran Canaria International Airport)
- Malaga - summer only
- Palma de Mallorca (Son Sant Joan Airport)
- Tenerife (Reina Sofía Airport)
[edit] Sweden
[edit] Switzerland
[edit] Fleet
The Niki fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 24 May 2008):
- 2 Airbus A319-112
- 6 Airbus A320-214 (one aircraft is leased from Vueling Airlines)
- 1 Airbus A321-211
On order:
In June 2007 it was reported that Niki had received its first 150-seat Airbus A319-112 aircraft (OE-LEK), the first of the Airbus A320 family with a new cabin derived from the Airbus A380.[2]
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