“The government announced on Thursday that the total number of requests for support from Romanians affected by the suspension of Blue Air flights, both in the call center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the diplomatic missions and consulates of Romania, is 2,663 requests.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) announced on Wednesday evening that Romanians abroad and affected by the cancellation of Blue Air flights have at their disposal an additional telephone line, respectively 004 021 4311869, where they can seek support to get them to countries. .

In addition, for Romanians in such a situation, the contacts announced on Tuesday remain available: the phone number 004 0751084537 and the email address [email protected], which is also recommended as an alternative to using the mentioned phone numbers.

Romanians whose flights have been canceled can directly contact the nearest diplomatic mission or consulate, including by calling the consulate’s emergency telephone number (click the link for contact information https://econsulat.ro/Home/DateDeContact).

Importantly: in the case of groups of tourists, it is recommended that only one person contacts the consular staff, the information received by this person will be passed on to other Romanian citizens in the group.

Blue Air announced on Tuesday the suspension of all flights scheduled to depart from Romanian airports until Monday, September 12, 2022, citing that the Environmental Fund Administration ordered the freezing of its accounts due to debts of more than 28 million lei, representing the value of 54,230 of greenhouse gas emission certificates related to carbon dioxide emissions generated in 2021.

The airline’s decision caused chaos at airports, with Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucé announcing that more than 2,000 Romanians had canceled their flights.

More than 2,000 Romanians have already applied for support as of Wednesday morning, and TAROM is one of the solutions identified by the government for their repatriation, Dan Carbunaru said on Wednesday.

According to him, the government today made a decision to allocate funds from the budget reserve fund to supplement the budget of the Ministry of Transport to cover the costs of the repatriation of Romanian citizens and provide emergency financial assistance. These additional costs amount to 5 million lei, which represent loans under obligations and budget loans.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday night that it had suspended the seizure of Blue Air’s accounts, a situation that led to chaos at airports after the company suspended flights until Monday.