Niki is a scheduled, international, passenger airline based at Vienna Airport in Austria. It operates as a budget airline mainly from Germany and Austria. A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Boeing 737-200 of low-cost Irish airline Ryanair A low-cost carrier (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier) is an airline that offers low fares but eliminates most traditional passenger services. ...

Code Data

• IATA Code: HG
• ICAO Code: NLY
• Callsign: Flyniki

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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. Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949) is an Austrian racing driver. ... Lauda Air is an airline based in Austria. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 9 January 2004, Niki announced cooperation with Air Berlin. The two airlines considered their cooperation a "low fares alliance". Air Berlin now holds 24% of Niki and Niki Lauda holds the rest of the shares. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Air Berlin is a major low-cost airline based in Berlin, Germany. ... An airline alliance is an agreement between two or more airlines to cooperate for the foreseeable future on a substantial level. ...

Services

Niki operates services to leisure destinations in Europe and Egypt from Vienna, Salzburg and Friedrichshafen on behalf of tour operator Neckermann Reisen. World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Flag of Salzburg Salzburg (population 145,000 in 2003) is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 520,000 in 2003). ... Friedrichshafen is a town on the northern side of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in southern Germany, near the borders with Switzerland and Austria. ...

International scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Fuerteventura, Las Palmas, Lisbon, London, Palma Mallorca, Paris, Rome, Seville, Tenerife and Zurich. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fuerteventura, a Spanish island, is one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. ... Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a Spanish city, the capital city of Gran Canaria one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, 210 kilometers located off the northwestern coast of Africa. ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Pedro Santana Lopes PSD Area 84. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Palma (old Spanish name Palma de Mallorca) is the major city and port in the island of Majorca (in Catalan: Mallorca) and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Seville (Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain, crossed by the river Guadalquivir (37°22′38″ N 5°59′13″ W). ... The Anaga Mountain Range in the north of Tenerife Tenerife (English also Teneriffe), a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. ... General view showing Grossmünster church. ...

Fleet

The Niki fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2005):

• 4 Airbus A320-200 (further 10 on order)
• 1 Airbus A321-200

The Airbus A320 is a short to medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Airbus. ... The Airbus A320 is a short to medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Airbus. ...

External Links

• Niki
• Niki Fleet Detail
• Niki Passenger Opinions

See also: List of low-cost airlines
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