Air China commenced flights between Beijing PEK and Zagreb, operating via Bucharest on Friday 4 September. The new service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with the 265-seat A330-200 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on the route and becomes the sole carrier between Bucharest and Zagreb as the Star Alliance member […]
September 9, 2026 | Latest Route News +
AnimaWings inaugurated flights between Bucharest and London LGW on Sunday 22 March. The 2,085-kilometre route will run 6-weekly, every day except Saturdays, with the A220-300 aircraft. The Romanian carrier faces no direct competition on the route. What they said Marius Pandel, CEO of AnimaWings, said: “The launch of our London Gatwick – Bucharest service marks […]
March 30, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Romanian carrier AnimaWings introduced flights between Bucharest and Abu Dhabi on Saturday 27 December. The 3,410-kilometre service will be maintained weekly with the A320 aircraft. The airline faces no competition between the two capitals. Flight A24432 departs Bucharest at 08:30 local time, arriving in Abu Dhabi at 15:30 local time. The return service, operating as […]
January 6, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Romanian carrier AnimaWings introduced flights between Bucharest and Prague on Sunday 5 October. The 1,085-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly with a mix of A220-300 and A320 aircraft. The airline will be one of four operators between the two capitals, joining Smartwings’ daily rotation (starts 26 October), TAROM’s 5-weekly service and Wizz Air’s 4-weekly flights […]
October 13, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Dan Air became the first European Union-based carrier to launch flights to Syria following the country’s long-running civil war, by inaugurating operations between Bucharest and Damascus on Sunday 15 June. The 1,530-kilometre service will run 4-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the A320 aircraft. No other airline operates between the two capitals. Flight […]
June 25, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Animawings continues expanding its network by introducing a new service between Bucharest and Stockholm ARN on Sunday 13 April. The 1,765-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, with the A220-300 aircraft. The carrier will go head-to-head against Norwegian’s 2-weekly rotations between the two cities. Flight A2610 departs Bucharest at 10:50 local time, […]
April 23, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Animawings introduced three new routes from its Bucharest base on Sunday 2 March and Monday 3 March. 2 March: Oradea (3-weekly) 2 March: Paris CDG (4-weekly) 3 March: Iasi (6-weekly) The carrier will deploy its 137-seat A220-300 aircraft on all three routes and faces competition on these new additions to its network. Domestic services to Oradea […]
March 6, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Romanian carrier Animawings inaugurated a new domestic service between Bucharest and Cluj on Wednesday 15 January. The 310-kilometre service will be maintained 8-weekly, with 2-daily flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and one on Thursdays and Sundays. The carrier will deploy its 137-seat A220-300 aircraft on the route. It will compete against 23-weekly flights operated […]
January 22, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Romanian LCC start-up Bees Airlines (IATA code E8) commenced scheduled operations by introducing flights from its Bucharest base and Prague on Friday 23 August. The 1,085-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, with the A320 aircraft. Frequencies will be increased to 4-weekly from 30 October, with an additional weekly flight on […]
August 28, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Ryanair introduced two new routes from its base in Leeds Bradford, commencing operations to Bucharest and Marrakech on 2 May and 3 May respectively. The 2,250-kilometre 3-weekly service to the Romanian capital, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, as well as the 2-weekly 2,525-kilometre route to the Moroccan city, on Mondays and Fridays, will be maintained […]
May 8, 2024 | Latest Route News +
HiSky (IATA code H4) on Monday 28 November began 3-weekly service between Bucharest and Brussels BRU. The 1,760-kilometre route will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and will be flown using the airline’s A320-series aircraft, of which it currently has five (four A320s and one A319). Direct competition on the route comes from TAROM’s 6-weekly […]
November 30, 2022 | Latest Route News +
When Blue Air ceased operations in early September it presented an opportunity for Wizz Air to further expand its presence in Romania, particularly in Bucharest. Analysis of Cirium schedule data for December shows that the Romanian capital is now Wizz Air’s second biggest base, behind only London LTN. Since December 2019, Wizz Air flights have […]