Niki Lauda Quotations

We now fly with an airbus, which has 210 seats, six times the week to Palma to the spider of the air Berlin.

Giving up is something a Lauda doesn't do.

In Germany air became generally accepted Berlin in this area. It operated with 45 airplanes within the Low Cost range from Germany, and is one the most successful carriers in Europe.

Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more.

I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product.

The crucial point is always the own cost structure. Therefore I created a Low Cost alliance with air Berlin.

Airlines go in the long run at the competition to reason. For the passenger the competition is good, because each competitor tries to undercut the other one.

The alliance with air Berlin is attractive for me. I can use the whole sales network of the air Berlin and 24 percent of my own airline at air Berlin sold.

The guest gets at least as much service with us as with some established airline, if not even more. And at by far a favourable price. Thus the passengers remain gladly with us.

This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one.

I employ 20 people in Vienna. The other 130 coworkers are pilots and flight companions. The Overhead is limited with me. Reduces naturally the costs of my fliers.

The overhead must be reduced. With many airlines the sales runs naturally over travel agencies, and that means an enormous expenditure.

Vienna is the gate to Eastern Europe.

Sebastian [ Vettel] can also learn to be more laid-back. It's never too late to learn. He's got some way to go. He's young and will turn out well. I'm not worried about that. He'll raise the bar ever higher.

I always go extreme ways.

Taking your first title is much more complicated and more difficult; it takes years of work - from go-kart to Formula One. The second comes more easily, because you've already got the experience.

Jean Todt's system will never succeed, not even with Michael Schumacher

You appreciate that it is very easy to die and you have to arrange your life to cope with that reality.

A race isn't won until it's over.

I've been through a lot and I realise the future can't be controlled. I'm not worried. You can always learn to overcome difficulties.

A lot of people criticize Formula 1 as an unnecessary risk. But what would life be like if we only did what is necessary?

Happiness is an enemy. It weakens you. Suddenly, you have something to lose.