Ryanair wants to buy parts of Austrian airline Niki

Niki's German administrator said earlier on Monday he still wanted to sell the leisure carrier to British Airways parent IAG , despite a battle between Austria and Germany over where insolvency proceedings should be handled.

Former Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has also re-emerged as a potential bidder for Niki ahead of a Jan. 19 deadline for fresh offers the Austrian court has set.

(Reporting By Shadia Nasralla, editing by David Evans)