Fly Romania makes debut with five routes
Getting on, getting off. Passengers preparing to board Fly Romania’s inaugural flight from Timisoara to Verona, and passengers disembarking from the airline’s first domestic flight between Bucharest and Tulcea.
On 15 May, Fly Romania began commercial operations from, not surprisingly, Romania. The new carrier will initially serve primarily the Romania-Italy market with a couple of MD-80 series aircraft, operated on its behalf by Romanian operator Ten Airways. So far a total of 11 routes have been announced on the airline’s website, www.flyromania.com.
| Launch date | From | To | WF (days of week) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May | Bucharest (OTP) | Verona (VRN) | 3 (247) |
| 15 May | Timisoara (TSR) | Verona (VRN) | 3 (247) |
| 16 May | Bucharest (OTP) | Tulcea (TCE) | 3 (257) |
| 16 May | Tulcea (TCE) | Milan Bergamo (BGY) | 2 (25) |
| 17 May | Bucharest (OTP) | Genoa (GOA) | 3 (136) |
| 27 May | Bucharest (OTP) | Palermo (PMO) | 2 (24) |
| 1 June | Bucharest (OTP) | Timisoara (TSR) | 8 (11234557) |
| 1 June | Tulcea (TCE) | Frankfurt Hahn (HHN) | 1 (7) |
| 5 June | Bucharest (OTP) | Antalya (AYT) | 1 (4) |
| 6 June | Bucharest (OTP) | Frankfurt Hahn (HHN) | 3 (135) |
| 6 June | Bucharest (OTP) | Barcelona Reus (REU) | 3 (135) |
| Source: Fly Romania website. | |||
Two (and a bit) aircraft needed to operate the schedule
By studying the airline’s on-line booking tool for the week commencing 16 June 2014, anna.aero has come up with the following aircraft rotation plans.
| Aircraft 1 | Depart OTP | Routing | Arrive OTP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 07:00 | OTP – HHN – OTP – REU – OTP | 21:45 |
| Tuesday | 11:25 | OTP – VRN – TSR – VRN – OTP | 22:10 |
| Wednesday | 07:00 | OTP – HHN – OTP – REU – OTP | 21:45 |
| Thursday | 11:25 | OTP – VRN – TSR – VRN – OTP | 22:10 |
| Friday | 07:00 | OTP – HHN – OTP – REU – OTP | 21:45 |
| Saturday | 11:30 | OTP – GOA – OTP | 17:15 |
| Sunday | 10:00 | OTP – TCE – HHN – TCE – OTP – TSR – OTP | 21:45 |
| Source: Fly Romania website. | |||
| Aircraft 2 | Depart OTP | Routing | Arrive OTP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 07:00 | OTP – TSR – OTP – GOA – OTP – TSR – OTP | 20:30 |
| Tuesday | 07:00 | OTP – TSR – OTP – TCE – BGY – TCE – OTP | 19:00 |
| Wednesday | 07:00 | OTP – TSR – OTP – GOA – OTP | 18:05 |
| Thursday | 07:00 | OTP – TSR – OTP – AYT – OTP | 16:15 |
| Friday | 07:00 | OTP – TSR – OTP – TCE – BGY – TCE – OTP – TSR – OTP | 22:15 |
| Saturday | |||
| Sunday | 11:50 | OTP – VRN – TSR – VRN – OTP | 22:35 |
| Source: Fly Romania website. | |||
However, this leaves the twice-weekly service from Bucharest to Palermo unaccounted for, suggesting the use of a third aircraft on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Both aircraft start and finish each day in Bucharest, with flights from other Romanian airports operated as “W”s.
At a press conference in Bucharest in mid-March, Ovidiu Tender, CEO, Ten Airways; Roxana Badea, PR, Fly Romania; and Cătălin Butu, Director General, Ten Airways, outlined plans for the airline, and fielded questions from an inquisitive press.
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