Romania LCC Blue Air to Charleroi soon?

Charlie Roy · Post by **Charlie Roy** » 30 Aug 2006, 00:16

Didn't want to start a new thread for this titbit of info relating to Charleroi, but the website of Romanian airline BLUE AIR has an animation on their route map which shows a new route from Bucharest to Charleroi!

(Nothing in the booking engine yet though, nor on the airports' websites.)

Post by **sn26567** » 30 Aug 2006, 10:04

Charlie Roy wrote:Didn't want to start a new thread for this titbit of info relating to Charleroi

Interesting news, though. I thus created a new thread for you!

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 30 Aug 2006, 10:28

Good to see the airport expand.
I did notice they had A.net images on their website.

stefanel · Post by **stefanel** » 30 Aug 2006, 10:29

It is indeed highly probable.
I called Blue Air at the end of July to ask them when they would open the Maastricht route. The employee told me they were dropping that route for a new one to Brussels via Koln.
I guess Brussels meant Charleroi as Blue Air uses low cost airports (Beauvais instead of Paris, but Barcelona instead of Girona

).
This is good news anyways! I have family in Romania so I use Blue Air.

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 30 Aug 2006, 19:06

They also fly to Madrid and Frankfurt. So, they fly to cheaper airports and the big airports.

Captain · Post by **Captain** » 30 Aug 2006, 19:15

Makes perfect sense as Romania will join the EU next year (provided it satisfies demands for democratic and market reforms).

That means families, Erasmus students, tourists will be making many more journeys to Belgium whilst business travellers and EU employees will probably fly to Romania from BRU with TAROM.

maaspotter · Post by **maaspotter** » 30 Aug 2006, 22:02

I called Blue Air at the end of July to ask them when they would open the Maastricht route. The employee told me they were dropping that route for a new one to Brussels via Koln.

that's correct... Its strange they are leaving MST, because the aircraft were always full...

for the record, Blue Air uses three B737, YR-BAA, YR-BAB, YR-BAC... but they also use Hemus Air BAe146's from time to time

byebye
rob

stefanel · Post by **stefanel** » 31 Aug 2006, 09:13

maaspotter wrote:
I called Blue Air at the end of July to ask them when they would open the Maastricht route. The employee told me they were dropping that route for a new one to Brussels via Koln.
that's correct... Its strange they are leaving MST, because the aircraft were always full...

for the record, Blue Air uses three B737, YR-BAA, YR-BAB, YR-BAC... but they also use Hemus Air BAe146's from time to time

byebye
rob

Well I took it several times and it was far from full... maybe in the last months the load factor increased ?

JAT_boy_BEG · Post by **JAT_boy_BEG** » 31 Aug 2006, 10:33

Is this from Otopeni or Baneasa?

Any news if Blue Air will visit any of their western neighbours anytime soon?

stefanel · Post by **stefanel** » 04 Sep 2006, 11:12

JAT_boy_BEG wrote:Is this from Otopeni or Baneasa?

Any news if Blue Air will visit any of their western neighbours anytime soon?

It's Baneasa which is very close to the the centre and to Otopeni as well (I know no other country where the two airports are at the right of the same road, only 6km apart).

Baneasa hosts Myair, Skyeurope and Wizzair also.

Charlie Roy · Post by **Charlie Roy** » 27 Sep 2006, 13:44

Flights are now available to book in the booking engine:
Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays.

http://www.tourmag.com/Blueair-nouvelle ... 15321.html

airazurxtror · Post by **airazurxtror** » 04 Oct 2006, 21:27

Also :
http://www.charleroi-airport.com/BSCA/s ... ent&Key=no

Aviation24.be

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