“If in 1996 Romania had 2 million passengers, last year it had over 10 million. Air traffic has increased considerably. The Henri Coanda airport had one million passengers, this year it’s set to have more than 7 million,” said Ciceo at the MEDIAFAX Talks about Aviation conference.
He added Romania has a large growth potential on this segment.
Ciceo also said some of the country’s airports are in concerning situations as a single airline generates more than 40% of their traffic. For instance, the traffic for the airport in Cluj, is 70% covered by low cost airliner Wizzair.
“There is pretty fierce competition among the 17 airports in Romania,” he said.