Delta will use Boeing 767-300ERs for these flights seating 214, with 35 seats in BusinessElite, Delta’s award-winning business class service. Prices will vary depending on the season of the flight.
For instance, a passenger leaving Bucharest on June 6 and returning on August 6 will pay some €636, all fees included, while an August 15 departure with a September 15 return will cost €746.
Bucharest will thus become a regional hub as it will connect , the Republic of Moldova , and other countries in the region with New York , according to the Vice President of the National Association of Tourism Agencies (ANAT), George Sorin Nicolescu. “The Americans have studied the regional market and concluded that they will leave from with all seats booked, especially since they have no competition,” Nicolescu told Business Standard.
Delta Air Lines was operating in since the 1970’s, but decided to withdraw in 1996 due to high costs. The Romanian state’s own air transportation company, TAROM, also had Bucharest- New York flights until 2003, but these were canceled as being “unprofitable,” Nicolescu added. According to Frank Jahangir, Delta Air Lines’ Staff Vice President for Sales and Affairs Europe, Middle East and Africa , the new flight will open a trade corridor between one of the most dynamic European economies and the world’s largest economy. “Furthermore, passengers will have suitable connections from JFK to over 40 destinations in the U.S. and Canada, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Orlando, Montreal and Toronto,” Jahangir added.U.S. Ambassador to , Nicholas F. Taubman, also said Delta Air Lines’ presence in will bring Henri Coanda Airport closer to becoming an Eastern European “hub.”
