Romanian airline Blue Air launches 6 new routes from June 15
Romanian LCC Blue Air, the second biggest air carrier in the local market, will operate 6 new routes starting June 15. Two of them will connect Romania’s capital Bucharest to Finland’s capital Helsinki and Norway’s Oslo, 3 will fly from Iasi to Florence, Glasgow, and Milan Bergamo, and 1 from Liverpool to Larnaca. The company will reach a total of 104 routes this summer. Besides this, it will also have 700 charter flights, said Blue Air general director Gheorghe Racaru. In 2016, the company saw an advance of 80% in the number of passengers. For this year, it plans to reach 4.05m passengers, up 12.8% over 2016. The market leader remains Wizz Air, which recorded a traffic of 5.5m in the local market last year, up 23% year-on-year. Blue Air managed to surpass Tarom last year, which recorded 2.41m passengers. <br/>
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Romanian airline Blue Air launches 6 new routes from June 15
Romanian LCC Blue Air, the second biggest air carrier in the local market, will operate 6 new routes starting June 15. Two of them will connect Romania’s capital Bucharest to Finland’s capital Helsinki and Norway’s Oslo, 3 will fly from Iasi to Florence, Glasgow, and Milan Bergamo, and 1 from Liverpool to Larnaca. The company will reach a total of 104 routes this summer. Besides this, it will also have 700 charter flights, said Blue Air general director Gheorghe Racaru. In 2016, the company saw an advance of 80% in the number of passengers. For this year, it plans to reach 4.05m passengers, up 12.8% over 2016. The market leader remains Wizz Air, which recorded a traffic of 5.5m in the local market last year, up 23% year-on-year. Blue Air managed to surpass Tarom last year, which recorded 2.41m passengers. <br/>
