05.07.2018

Flag carrier airline Tarom, which lost ground to low-cost operators, has managed to boost traffic by 22% to some 520,000 passengers on regular flights using its own aircraft in the first quarter, the more

03.01.2018

Flag carrier Tarom, which had a rough year again in 2017, having gone through several interim CEOs, transported only 2.4 million passengers last year, as many as in 2016 and 2015. more

01.15.2018

Wizz Air, the leading airline in Romania by passenger numbers, carried 6.8 million people to and from the country last year, 28% more than in 2016. more

11.17.2017

Flag carrier Tarom, which expects a record loss of 206 million lei (EUR44 million) this year, has had a rough year, going through no less than four interim CEOs. more

11.09.2017

Wizz Air, the leading airline in Romania, carried 6.1 million passengers in this country in the first ten months, an increase of 32% on the year-ago period, Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi says. Traffic more

11.06.2017

Low-cost airline Blue Air posted growth of 44% in revenue in the first half compared with the year-ago period, to 731 million lei (EUR159 million). more

09.14.2017

Low-cost airline Ryanair, which stepped up development in Romania in 2015, carried about 900,000 passengers to and from the Henri Coanda (Otopeni) Airport in Bucharest in the first half, according to more

08.18.2017

The four airlines (Tarom, Blue Air, Wizz Air and Ryanair) offering domestic flights carried almost 900,000 people last year, an increase of 77% on 2015, according to Eurostat data. more

08.16.2017

Air traffic could reach a new record high in Romania this year, now that carriers made available over 15% more plane tickets than last year. more

03.20.2017

Wizz Air, the leading airline in Romania, is headed towards seven million passengers on the routes it operates in this country, after having prepared 22% more seats for sale this year compared with more

01.11.2017

Low-cost airlines Wizz Air and Blue Air and flagship carrier Tarom are the top three airlines in Romania, having carried 11.5 million passengers last year, or 72% of those that traveled by plane, ZF more

11.25.2016

Blue Air is the most active low-cost airline on the Romanian market, while Ryanair and Wizz Air only operate one domestic route. more

11.18.2016

Romanian-held airline Blue Air expects EUR300 million revenue in 2016, following a more than 50% increase in passenger numbers and introduction of new domestic and international routes. more

07.12.2016

The number of passengers passing through Romania’s airports might overshoot the 15.5 million to 16 million mark this year, considering the two most active airlines, Wizz Air and Ryanair alone expect more

07.07.2016

Europe’s largest low cost airline Ryanair, which has stepped up expansion in Romania in the past two years, plans to carry more than 1.8 million people on the routes it operates from Henri Coanda more

03.23.2016

Low cost airline Blue Air budgeted growth of 25% in revenue in 2016, which the development of its local and foreign operations should generate, says chief executive Gheorghe Racaru. Passenger traffic more

02.09.2016

More than 13.2 million people passed through Romania’s airports last year, an increase of 13% on 2014 and most of them used the Henri Coanda International Airport (Otopeni) in Bucharest, shows a ZF more

02.08.2016

National airline Tarom, the second largest airline in Romania by traffic, carried 2.39 million passengers last year, an increase of 2.5% on 2014, the operator said. more

01.28.2016

Wizz Air will double passenger traffic to and from Romanian airports to 9 million to 10 million people in five years, says the airline’s chief executive officer Jozsef Varadi. more

01.22.2016

Three low-cost airlines – Blue Air, Wizz Air and Ryanair, are vying for the top spot now held by national airline Tarom and national railroad passenger carrier CFR Calatori on the segment of more

11.30.2015

Ryanair, the largest low cost airline in Europe, wants to become the market leader in Romania in five years and announced it would start operating domestic flights, as well. more

07.15.2015

Low-cost airline Wizz Air Romania posted zero revenue and 27 million lei (EUR6.1 million) losses and had an average number of 300 employees last year, according to its Finance Ministry filing. more

05.03.2015

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said the Government seeks to conclude a partnership with airline operator Qatar Airways for the modernization of Otopeni airport and the re-launch of state-owned more

04.10.2015

Out of the more than 1,000 planes taking off Henri Coanda (Otopeni) Airport in Bucharest every week, one quarter fly to the ten most important destinations in Europe, to cities that are both leisure more

04.03.2014

This year’s summer season is set to bring more flights to foreign, but also Romanian destinations, with state-owned Tarom, as well as low-cost carriers Wizz Air and Blue Air betting on new routes. more