Carpatair
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Carpatair is a regional airline based in Timişoara, Romania. It operates services to 28 destinations in 6 countries. Its main hub is Traian Vuia International Airport, Timişoara, and has a secondary hub at Cluj-Napoca International Airport.
History
Carpatair was established in 1999 and started operations in February 1999 in Cluj-Napoca. It was formed as Veg Air operating one leased Yakovlev Yak-40 from MDV. The present title was adopted in December 1999 when Swiss investors joined the company. The airline is owned by Romanian shareholders (51%) and SC Veg Invest (49%). It employs over 400 staff. The current CEO of Carpatair is Nicolae Petrov.
Because it was one of the first airlines to fly internationally from Tranyslvania, it has been very successful in that it has not received much competition from other airlines. It is growing in terms of market share against TAROM and is the second-largest Romanian airline.
Services
Carpatair operates the following services (as of May 2006):
- International scheduled destinations: from Bacău, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Iaşi, Oradea, Târgu Mureş, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava via Timişoara to Ancona, Bologna, Chişinau, Düsseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Bergamo, Lviv, Naples, Munich, Paris, Rome, Stuttgart, Turin, Venice, Verona;
- Direct flights from Cluj-Napoca to Budapest twice a day, daily.
News
Carpatair's flights between Budapest and Cluj-Napoca are operated by Carpatair aircraft Saab 2000 and code-shared with Malév Hungarian Airlines. The flights from Timişoara to Germany will be code-shared with Lufthansa.
Carpatair routes expansion in 2006 starts with its first destination to Ukraine - Lviv. As of January 23, the city will be connected to the Timişoara hub and, through connecting flights, to all of the German and Italian destinations. The flight will be operated by a modern 50-seat Saab 2000.
Starting May 2006 Carpatair is operating at Charles de Gaulle International Airport, with 3 flights a week from Timişoara to Paris.
The next two destinations for Carpatair in 2006 will be London (postponed) and Barcelona. (source: Carpatair newsletter)
Fleet
The Carpatair fleet consists of the following aircraft :
- 2 Fokker F100 (YR-FKA, YR-FKB)
- 12 Saab 2000 (YR-SBA, YR-SBB, YR-SBC, YR-SBD, YR-SBE, YR-SBF, YR-SBG, YR-SBH, YR-SBI, YR-SBJ, YR-SBK, YR-SBL)
- 2 Saab 340B (YR-VGM, YR-VGP)
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