According to the information of the source, earlier from the purchase of the company-losskatera refused a major German company Lufthansa. The management of the holding also did not want to buy out the debts of the Austrian carrier, actually for this reason the owners of Niki and put their brand for sale. Niki was founded in 2003 by Formula 1 champion Niki Lauda, ??but after 2008 the company suffered some losses and soon went bankrupt.

Holding International Airlines Group has agreed to completely buy out the entire infrastructure of the company and its debts. The total amount of the transaction was 20 million euros by a one-time payment. IAG plans to establish a subsidiary in Austria, but the owners of the carrier will not transfer the parent company.

As reported in the "URA-Inform", the Ukrainian national loukoster will start work in March 2018.