Niki suspends operations, restarts as LaudaMotion, rebranded as Lauda

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According to following article in german, IAG will buy Niki:
http://www.airliners.de/iag-niki-britis ... eich/43255

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BREAKING: Vueling (IAG Group) takes over Niki for 20 million euros. Press release to follow.
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sn26567 wrote: 29 Dec 2017, 20:27 BREAKING: Vueling (IAG Group) takes over Niki. Press release to follow.
Your humble editor wrote about it this morning ;-)

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/niki/ ... uire-niki/

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sn26567 wrote: 29 Dec 2017, 20:27 BREAKING: Vueling (IAG Group) takes over Niki for 20 million euros. Press release to follow.
More details: IAG buys Niki for €20 million and will integrate it as a new Vueling subsidiary registered in Austria.

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/iag/i ... ubsidiary/
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A Berlin court rebuffed a legal challenge to the insolvency filing of NIKI, which could derail its sale to IAG, and referred the case to a higher court for a ruling.
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The sale of NIKI to IAG is not final yet after some legal challenges.

NIKI administrator Lucas Floether said he would press ahead with an agreed sale of the airline to IAG after a German court ruling fanned concern that the deal could unravel. A secondary insolvency filing in Austria, which NIKI will submit by the end of this week, would safeguard the sale.

However, a Berlin court ruled that the NIKI insolvency should have been filed in Austria, not Germany, in a move which could unravel last month’s deal to sell the business to IAG.

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sn26567 wrote: 09 Jan 2018, 23:05 The sale of NIKI to IAG is not final yet after some legal challenges.

Next move?
The never-ending story is full of surprises: Niki Lauda is back in the race!

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iag- ... SKBN1F30HN
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No matter the outcome, interesting period in European aviation with the whole Air Berlin and Alitalia take-over battles :p

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With all due respect for Niki Lauda, I don't think he has proved to be much of a manager in the past.

Is he acting as a straw man for a big airline or does he intend to resell soon and make a quick buck?
Pure speculation of course...

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Now Ryanair also expressed its interest in buying some NIKI assets, as the court battle continues over the Austrian carrier.

Vueling promised to deploy up to eight aircraft from Vienna and use the airport as a base for expansion into eastern Europe after IAG taking over NIKI.
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NIKI administrators in Germany and Austria agreed to cooperate to resolve the insolvent carrier’s future swiftly and guarantee legal certainty for its buyer. New offers can be made for Niki until 19 January 2018 and a decision will follow within days.
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NIKI founder Niki Lauda sent an open letter promising jobs to all current staff, adding that Laudamotion (Austria) has an AOC and an operating permit and can take over the airline’s slots immediately.

Hmm! Why did he sell his airline in the first place?
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And it has been decided: Niki Lauda buys back the airline he founded:

Air Berlin Creditors Agree to Sell Niki to Lauda Co.

(Bloomberg) -- Austrian creditors committee voted unanimously to sell Niki to Laudamotion GmbH, APA reports, citing the airline’s insolvency administrators.
Expect Austrian and German antitrust authorities to approve transaction soon
No financial details given

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The IAG bid thus hasn't been accepted. Serious setback for British Airways and Vueling.

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Thomas Cook (UK) is likely to buy seats on NIKI (Austria) after it was bought back by its founder Niki Lauda.
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In a way it sounds logical.

Once being asked if he'd start a new airline Niki Lauda answered : I can't do that anymore. Just running short of names as I already sold "Lauda" and "Niki".
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NIKI may not have enough pilots for its planned relaunch in March 2018 unless it offers attractive contracts.
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sn26567 wrote: 25 Jan 2018, 23:34 NIKI may not have enough pilots for its planned relaunch in March 2018 unless it offers attractive contracts.
"LaudaMotion" plans to launch operations in March 2018 with five of 15 Airbus aircraft based in Vienna, and the remainder in Germany.
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sn26567 wrote: 26 Jan 2018, 20:12 "LaudaMotion" plans to launch operations in March 2018 with five of 15 Airbus aircraft based in Vienna, and the remainder in Germany.
LaudaMotion owner Niki Lauda wants to launch his new low-cost airline with employees registered as temporary workers in order to save on taxes. The move was criticized by a workers’ union.
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LaudaMotion added its first A320, serial 4329, to its AOC, as the carrier now grows to 14 aircraft.
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