Bucharest (Baneasa) low-cost airline and flight news
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May 5th, 2008
Blue Air to fly to Sibiu
Blue Air will begin flights next month to the Transylvanian city of Sibiu. From 01 June 2008, they will begin flights to Sibiu from Stuttgart and Bucharest (Baneasa). From 14 June, they will also launch flights to Sibiu from Cologne-Bonn.
February 22nd, 2008
Blue Air to launch Romania to Cyprus flights
Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air will launch flights from their Bucharest (Baneasa) base to Larnaca, Cyprus. They will fly three times per week on this route from 30 March 2008.
January 11th, 2008
New MyAir routes for summer
MyAir, the Italian low-cost airline, will add two new routes this summer. From the end of May 2008 they will launch flights from Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi) to Catania and from Bucharest (Baneasa) to Palermo. These can be booked now at www.myair.com.
January 2nd, 2008
easyJet to move Bucharest airports in March
easyJet are due to move their flights to London (Gatwick) and Milan (Malpensa) from Bucharest (Otopeni) airport to Bucharest (Baneasa). This move will take place at the end of March 2008.
November 12th, 2007
Wizz Air expansion at Bucharest
From 28 February 2008, Wizz Air will begin three new routes from Bucharest (Baneasa). They will begin flying three times per week to Milan (Orio al Serio) and Brussels (Charleroi), and four times per week to Cluj-Napoca.
Bucharest (Baneasa) to Cluj-Napoca will become the first domestic low-cost airline route in Romania. Flights for all of these new destinations are available to buy from today.
October 28th, 2007
New MyAir flights from Milan and Bucharest
MyAir will launch two new routes in December 2007, including flights from Milan (Orio al Serio) to Venice (Marco Polo), and Bucharest (Baneasa) to Brussels (International). These flights begin on 03 and 15 December respectively.
August 5th, 2007
Another Wizz Air route from Bucharest
Wizz Air will add another new route from their Bucharest (Baneasa) base next February. They will begin flying between Bucharest (Baneasa) and Venice (Treviso) from 28 February 2008.
July 26th, 2007
New easyJet routes to Gdansk, Bucharest and others
easyJet have put 12 new routes on sale, including their first routes to Gdansk. They will fly to Gdansk from Bristol, Edinburgh and London (Gatwick). They will also begin flying to Bucharest (Baneasa) from London (Gatwick) and Madrid, to Innsbruck from Bristol and London (Gatwick), from Madrid to Paris (Charles de Gaulle) and Palma, from Nice to Brussels (International), and from Milan (Malpensa) to Barcelona and Bari.
Tickets for these new routes are available to purchase now.
July 17th, 2007
New Bucharest connection from London Stansted
The Romanian low-cost airline, Blue Air, will begin flights from their Bucharest (Baneasa) base to London (Stansted) this winter. They will begin flying on this route from the end of October 2007.
June 30th, 2007
Blue Air to fly to Stuttgart
Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air will begin flying to Stuttgart this autumn. They will add routes from Arad and Bucharest (Baneasa), and tickets will go on sale from the beginning of July.
June 16th, 2007
Vienna and Bucharest become new easyJet destinations
easyJet have announced flights to two new cities, to be launched later in the year. They will begin flying from their London (Luton) base to the Austrian capital, Vienna, from 29 October 2007. From this September, they will also launch flights from their Milan (Malpensa) base to the Romanian capital, Bucharest (Baneasa). These flights can be booked now.
May 8th, 2007
On Air - low-cost airline connections from Pescara
We have added details of On Air, a low-cost airline based at Pescara in Italy, which aims to increase the level of tourism in the Abruzzo region. They either currently or are scheduled to fly to Pescara from a number of cities across Europe, including Lviv, Kiev, Paris (Charles de Gaulle), Brussels (Charleroi), Munich, Split, Bucharest (Baneasa) and Heraklion.
April 8th, 2007
Summer Italian routes with MyAir
MyAir will launch a number of new routes during June and July 2007. These will include flights from:
March 28th, 2007
MyAir to begin flights to Ibiza
MyAir will begin summer flights from their various hub airports to Ibiza this summer. From mid-July 2007, they will begin flying to Ibiza from Bucharest (Baneasa), Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi), Venice (Marco Polo), Bari and Milan (Orio al Serio).
February 22nd, 2007
MyAir to begin flights between Bucharest and Barcelona
Italian low-cost airline MyAir will begin flights from Bucharest (Baneasa) to Barcelona. Flights will begin on 01 June 2007. This will be a new departure for them because currently, all of their routes from Bucharest (Baneasa) are to destinations in Italy.
February 10th, 2007
Blue Air to start flights from Romania to Lisbon
The Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air will begin flights from their Bucharest (Baneasa) base to Lisbon. From 25 March 2007 they will fly twice per week.
January 21st, 2007
Additional flights to Bucharest from Milan
Italian low-cost airline MyAir will shortly increase their capacity from Milan to the Romanian capital, Bucharest. They already fly from Milan (Orio al Serio) to Bucharest (Baneasa), but from 01 February they will also begin flying to Bucharest (Baneasa) from Milan (Malpensa).
December 19th, 2006
SkyEurope to open base at Vienna
Despite only being a short distance from their Bratislava base, Central European low-cost airline Sky Europe will open a base at Vienna from 25 March 2007. Traditionally, Vienna has been ignored by many low-cost airlines due to the high landing fees that airlines must pay to fly there.
From March 2007, Sky Europe will fly from Vienna to Barcelona, Amsterdam, Brussels (International), Paris (Orly), Nice, Venice (Treviso), Florence, Rimini, Bucharest (Baneasa), Sofia, Athens, Thessaloniki, Larnaca, Zadar, Dubrovnik and Split.
November 25th, 2006
Germanwings summer 2007 schedule on sale
Germanwings have put flights on sale until the end of October 2007. This includes a number of new routes from their Stuttgart, Cologne-Bonn, Berlin (Schoenefeld) and Hamburg (Fuhlsbuettel) bases. Flights begin from the end of March.
From Cologne-Bonn they will begin flying to Alghero (Sardinia), Zadar (Croatia), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Bucharest (Baneasa) (Romania), Sofia (Bulgaria), Bourgas (Bulgaria), Varna (Bulgaria) and Kavala. From Stuttgart they will begin flying to Bastia (Corsica), from Hamburg (Fuhlsbuettel) to Palma and from Berlin (Schoenefeld) to Bourgas (Bulgaria), Verona (Villafranca) (Bulgaria) and Balaton (Hungary).
November 24th, 2006
MyAir to expand their network
Italian low-cost airline MyAir will add 10 new routes from their various bases from early next year. From 15 February 2007, they will begin flying from Milan (Orio al Serio) to Bordeaux, Marseille and Tirana, from Venice (Marco Polo) to Marseille and Lille and from Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi) to Bordeaux. From 15 March, they will begin flying from Bari to Bucharest (Baneasa), Genoa, Milan (Malpensa) and Paris (Charles de Gaulle).
October 21st, 2006
Blue Air to fly to Malaga
Blue Air will begin flying from their Bucharest (Baneasa) base to Malaga. From 15 December 2006 they will fly twice per week.
October 7th, 2006
MyAir announce new routes to Romania and Bulgaria
Italian low-cost airline MyAir will begin flying from Catania to Bucharest (Baneasa) (Romania) and from Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi) to Sofia (Bulgaria). These new routes will commence on on 19 December 2006 and 17 February 2007 respectively.
September 17th, 2006
Blue Air add winter routes
Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air will begin flying new routes from their Bucharest (Baneasa) base to Brussels (Charleroi), Cologne-Bonn and Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi) from 29 October 2006.
July 19th, 2006
New SkyEurope routes including Bucharest and Turin
Sky Europe will launch a new route between their Prague base and Turin, flying twice per week from 26 December 2006. They will also begin flying to Bucharest (Baneasa) from Rome (Fiumicino), beginning 29 December. From 01 February 2007, Sky Europe will also begin flying to Bucharest (Baneasa) from their Budapest base.
These new Romanian routes from Sky Europe may be as a consequence of the recent announcement by Wizz Air to expand into Romania.
June 27th, 2006
Wizz Air expands into Romania
Central European low-cost airline Wizz Air will continue to expand in January 2007, when they will launch an extensive network of flights to Romania.
From 16 January, they will launch 5 new routes from Bucharest (Baneasa) to London (Luton), Budapest, Barcelona, Dortmund and Rome (Ciampino). They will add 2 new routes from Tirgu Mures to Barcelona and Rome (Ciampino), and they will also begin flying between Arad and Milan (Orio al Serio).
March 28th, 2006
Blue Air route to Paris is saved
Blue Air had decided to drop their route from Bucharest (Baneasa) to Paris (Beauvais) from the end of March 2006. By popular demand, they have decided to reinstate it from 09 May 2006. They will fly twice per week.
February 23rd, 2006
MyAir to fly from Italy to Bulgaria and Romania
MyAir will launch 5 new routes on 13 April 2006. They will begin flying to Sofia in Bulgaria from Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi) and Milan (Orio al Serio), and to the Romanian airports of Timisoara, from Venice (Marco Polo) and Milan (Orio al Serio), and to Bucharest (Baneasa) from Rome (Ciampino).
February 18th, 2006
Blue Air to fly to Valencia from Bucharest
Blue Air will launch a route from their base at Bucharest (Baneasa) to Valencia on 14 March 2006.
January 22nd, 2006
Blue Air to begin flying to Frankfurt
From the end of March 2006, Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air will begin flying a new route between Bucharest (Baneasa) and Frankfurt (Hahn).
December 27th, 2005
Blue Air to fly to Verona
From 11 February, Blue Air will launch a new route from Bucharest (Baneasa) and Timisoara to Verona (Brescia). They will fly 3 times per week on these routes.
December 2nd, 2005
Blue Air to fly to Barcelona and Cuneo
The Romanian low-cost airline, Blue Air, will relocate their route from Bucharest (Baneasa) to Reus to Barcelona airport on 26 January 2006.
They will also launch a new route from Bucharest (Baneasa) to Cuneo on 17 January.
September 14th, 2005
SkyEurope to fly to Bulgaria and Romania
Next week, Wizz Air will begin operating their first flights from Budapest to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. Today SkyEurope, one of the largest low-cost carriers in Central Europe has announced that they too will begin flying to Sofia, from their Bratislava base.
They will begin flying to Sofia on 09 December 2005. SkyEurope will also begin expanding into Romania by launching a route from Bratislava to Bucharest (Baneasa) on 12 December.
August 23rd, 2005
Blue Air launches route to Madrid
The Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air will launch a new route from Bucharest (Baneasa) to Madrid on 02 November 2005. They will fly twice per week on this new route.
June 23rd, 2005
MyAir expands routes to Naples
From 17 September 2005, MyAir will begin flying from their Venice and Bologna (Guglielmo Marconi) bases to Naples. They will also add a route from Naples to Bucharest (Baneasa).
April 20th, 2005
Air Maxi - Serbia’s first budget airline?
Air Maxi is a new low-cost airline being established by the Serbian operator, Aviogenex.
It is expected that they will be based in Belgrade and will initially launch routes to Dubrovnik, Bucharest, Ljubljana, Budapest and other EU destinations.
Route and airline information will be added to our database when tickets go on sale. Flights are expected to commence for the summer 2005 season.
April 8th, 2005
Blue Air move to Maastricht
Blue Air have modified their route from Bucharest to Dusseldorf, which will now operate to Maastricht (Aachen) instead of Dusseldorf.
March 1st, 2005
Blue Air add routes to Rome and Dusseldorf
Blue Air, the low-cost carrier based at Bucharest (Baneasa) have announced that they will launch 2 new routes on 27 March 2005.
The routes to Rome (Ciampino) and Dusseldorf are scheduled to fly for their summer season.
November 27th, 2004
Blue Air - Romania’s first low cost airline
In December 2004, Blue Air will begin their first flights. Blue Air is the first low-cost airline to emerge from Romania, with a base at Bucharest (Baneasa).
Initially, they will fly from Bucharest (Baneasa) to Milan (Orio al Serio), Timisoara, Reus and Lyon.
November 10th, 2004
MyAir announces routes to Bucharest
The new Italian low-cost start up airline, MyAir, have announced details of 2 new routes to Bucharest from their bases at Venice (Marco Polo) and Milan (Orio al Serio) on their launch date, 17 December 2004.
Tickets appear to be on sale now.
September 13th, 2004
Volareweb launch winter timetable
Volareweb have announced a large expansion for thier operation, based in Italy. On 31 October they will launch 10 new routes.
From Bologna, they will begin flights to Bari, Cagliari, Catania and Palermo. They will also begin flying routes from Bari to Catania and Palermo. At Milan, they will launch 2 new routes from different airports, from Malpensa they will fly to the Romanian capital of Bucharest and from Orio al Serio they will fly to Lamenzia-Terme. Finally, from Naples they will launch 2 new routes to Catania and Palermo.