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Founded28 November 2003 (2003-11-28) Ceased operations14 December 2017 (2017-12-14) (merged into Amira Air to become LaudaMotion) Operating basesVienna Airport Frequent-flyer programtopbonus AllianceOneworld (affiliate; 2012–2017) Parent companyAir Berlin HeadquartersSchwechat, Austria Key peopleOliver Lackmann (CEO) FounderNiki Lauda
Niki, also styled NIKI or flyNiki (legally NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH) was an Austrian low-cost airline headquartered in Office Park I at Vienna Airport in Schwechat. It operated scheduled and charter services to European and North African leisure destinations from Vienna, Salzburg, Graz and Innsbruck and also started services from several German airports in March 2017. Niki had a variety of owners, including two stints of ownership under former car racer Niki Lauda.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Niki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.