Originally Posted by flash8
Niki is not only a great business man, but a genius. Bring him back.
Oh Lord, please no.. ;-)
Located in Canada You might not be up-to-date about the facts WHY and HOW Niki the Genius escaped from bankruptcy twice - only through his connections, bonus of his triple-Formula One Championship titles. Austrian is still fighting hard to cope with the debts it had to take over from Lauda due to political reasons (Nikis friend Mr. Streicher, former Ministry of transport being the Head of the Board of Supervisors at Austrian Airlines..), his ordering of 4 B777 when not needed is just one part of the big picture.
The route to Australia WAS successful years ago, but not anymore.
BTW, the brand "Lauda Air" will be history within one year by a probability of 95%.