Blue Air launches new Glasgow – Bucharest route

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Paul White, Business Development Manager at Glasgow Airport said: “This new Bucharest service from Blue Air is sure to be popular with both our business and leisure customers.  As well as offering a key transport link to one of Eastern Europe’s central cities, this twice weekly service will also be a great link for ex-pats and those seeking a historical and cultured city break. We are looking forward to working with our new airline partner Blue Air to ensure the success of this service at Glasgow Airport.”

Tudor Constantinescu, Blue Air Chief Commercial Officer said: “This new route is aimed primarily at holiday-makers, considering the vast touristic potential of both Romania and Scotland. It will also be incredibly popular with the Romanian community in Glasgow and the surrounding areas.

“Blue Air has also distinguished itself this year by completing two major projects – achieving the IOSA certification and signing a partnership with Amadeus and Sabre. Blue Air currently operates 15 aircraft, and by the end of March 2016 it will reach a total of 20 Boeing 737 aircrafts.

“At present, Blue Air has three operational bases in Romania and two overseas bases in Italy and Cyprus - by next summer, we will fly to 66 routes within Europe”.

IOSA Certification – more details
Blue Air has received the certificate of IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) from the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) for its outstanding operational standards.

The IOSA certification audit is an internationally recognized and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline. IOSA uses internationally recognized audit principles and is designed to conduct audits in a standardized and consistent manner.

A passenger can have comfort knowing that an IOSA certified airline does comply with the most stringent of rules and practices governing aviation safety.   Today’s results revealed that IOSA certified airlines had a crash rate three times less than those airlines not on the IOSA registry.

About Blue Air
Blue Air Airline is Central Europe’s favourite Hybrid airline operating 66 routes in Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Sweden and the United Kingdom, with additional charter operations mainly around the Mediterranean.

Blue Air is operating a fleet of 15 modern Boeing 737 aircrafts, with retrofitted interior with state of the art Recaro seats allowing passengers a better and more comfortable experience during their flight. The number of passengers has grown from 1.5 million people transported in 2014 to over 2.5 million targeted in 2016. Blue Air currently has a team of more than 750 highly skilled aviation professionals, and has an industry leading 11-years safety record.

About Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport is owned by AGS Airports Limited. AGS Airports is a partnership between Ferrovial and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) established in 2014 to invest in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports. In December 2014, Amanda McMillan, Managing Director of Glasgow Airport, was appointed as the CEO for AGS as a group.

With 30 airlines serving more than 110 destinations worldwide, including Canada, the US, the Caribbean, Europe, North Africa and the Gulf, Glasgow Airport is Scotland’s principal long-haul airport.

In addition to being Scotland’s largest charter hub, Glasgow Airport serves more Scottish destinations than any other airport and is a key component of Scotland’s transport infrastructure. The airport supports over 7,300 jobs across Scotland and makes the largest contribution of any airport to Scotland’s economy, generating hundreds of millions of pounds.