AirConnect, the newest Romanian airline, will start operating regular flights on March 27. They will be both internal, from Bucharest to Baia Mare, Sibiu, Suceava and Tirgu Mures, and external, from Bucharest and Cluj to Budapest.

Airplane ATR 72-600Photo: AirConnect

New summer routes in the country and abroad will start in June.

“We aimed to become the first flight option for passengers from Southeast Europe, and today we took the first step in this direction. We are pleased to be able to offer Romanians safe, fast and comfortable connections at good prices between the capital and some of the country’s largest cities. We are actively working on the diversification of routes. In three months, we will operate new flights, especially for the summer season. Most likely, from the fall we will expand the list of both domestic and foreign destinations,” said Tudor Constantinescu, CEO of AirConnect.

Tudor Constantinescu was one of the founders of Blue Air – Airline Management Solutions, which in exchange for 6 million lei acquired the Blue Air brand and operations, as well as the air transport license. In 2019, he and Luciana Peunescu sold their shares, and in May 2021, together with four other private investors, Tudor Constantinescu founded AirConnect, a company that operates domestic flights to underserved cities in Romania, as well as charters to destinations such as Greece , Turkey, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

Summer flights, which will be operated from June, will be between Bucharest and Dubrovnik, as well as between Constanta and Cluj, Oradea, Suceava, Timisoara.

The AirConnect fleet consists of two ATR 72-600 aircraft, in a configuration of 68 seats.

In 2022, AirConnect operated charter flights to Greece, Turkey in partnership with such tour operators as Karpaten Turism, Dertour, Cocktail Holidays, AeroVacance.