“We are developing the company’s domestic and international bases. We will allocate two planes for the airport in Iasi, three for Bacau, three to Turin and two to Larnaka,” Gheorghe Racaru told ZF.
“We have new flights this year and we expect a substantial increase in passenger traffic.”
The company carried two million people last year, which made it the second largest low-cost airline on the local market, after Wizz Air, which carried 4.5 million people. Revenue stood at EUR200 million, the Blue Air official says, up from the EUR140 million in 2014.
The company’s development strategy also includes launching new routes. Blue Air will introduce the Cluj-Napoca- Bucharest route in June, operating four flights a week.
It will also start operating Bucharest-Lisbon flights this year, after TAP Portugal, privatized last year and owned by Atlantic Gateway decided to drop the route.
Blue Air will also operate charter flights from the Traian Vuia Airport in Timisoara to five holiday destinations in Greece and Turkey.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)