Six out of ten Romanian passengers of British Airways fly across the ocean
Six out of ten Romanian passengers travelling with British
Airways on the Bucharest-London route continued their flight on
long-haul routes to destinations in the US, Africa or Asia, says
Bulgarian-born Emil Delibashev, commercial manager of British
Airways for the Balkan area, who last year took over the reins of
operations in 11 countries.
By comparison, in 2009 only four out of ten Romanian passengers
transited the London airport to go to destinations across the
ocean.
BA, which operates three daily Bucharest-London flights in Romania,
ended financial year April 2009-March 2010 with turnover worth 15m
euros and expects this level to be exceeded in the current
financial year.
"Transatlantic flights will help turnover pick-up," stated the head
of BA, whose aircraft operated at 90% of capacity on
Bucharest-London route this July.
Delibashev also specified the destinations in highest demand among
Romanians on long-haul flights were Johannesburg of South Africa,
which hosted this year's World Football Championship, Hong Kong,
Miami and New York.