No-Frills FlyNiki Takes off to Bulgaria

Former Austrian Formula One champion Niki Lauda poses during the presentation of the first 190 Embraer Jet delivered to the Austrian airline Niki, at the Brazilian Aeronautic Company in May 2009. Photo by EPA/BGNES

Low-cost carrier FlyNiki, owned by former Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda, launched regular flights Vienna-Sofia-Vienna on 1 February 2010.

The carrier will service the flights once a day six times a week, with Saturdays being the sole exception.

During the working days, from Monday till Friday, the FlyNIki plane will depart from Sofia airport at 1.15 pm and will land in Vienna 1.45 pm local time.

On the same days the return flight from Vienna has been scheduled for 10 am local time.

On Sundays, the plane will depart from Sofia airport at 10,30 pm and arrive in Vienna at 11 pm. The return flight from Vienna has been scheduled for 7,20 pm local time, its arrival pencilled in at 9,50 pm local time.

Prices start from EUR 29, fees included.

From Vienna passengers may switch to other destinations – including Munich, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Paris and Zürich - benefiting from the network of FlyNiki and its partner Air Berlin.

FlyNiki is an airline owned and run by Niki Lauda. After being ousted from Lauda Air by boardroom politics in November 2000, in late 2003 Niki Lauda bought some planes from a German airline that had gone bankrupt and started FlyNiki.

It operates as a budget airline mainly from Germany and Austria.

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