“This year is a year of consolidation operationswise and in terms of internal restructuring of the company, of reorganization. We expect more than EUR430 million revenue,” Gheorghe Racaru, CEO of Blue Air, said on ZF Live.
“Romanian operations account for 60% of the revenue and the international operations for 40%.”
The airline has been held by Teodor Cristian Rada, Marius Puiu, Tudor Constantinescu and Luciana Paunescu since 2013, all of whom have never given interviews or talked about the strategy of the company. The only voice of Blue Air remains Gheorghe Racaru, whose name is connected to the development of the brand even during the days when its owner was Nelu Iordache.
Blue Air has nine operational bases at the moment, Gheorghe Racaru says, five of which in Romania and four abroad in Larnaca (Cyprus), Turin (Italy), Liverpool (UK) and Alghero (Italy).
The airline has about 1,500 employees, more than 800 of which aircrew.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)