September 20 (SeeNews) - Romanian carrier Blue Air said on Tuesday it will launch a new route from Bucharest to Israel's second biggest city of Tel Aviv, starting January 12, 2017.
The flights will be operated on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, Blue Air said in a statement.
Blue Air set up a base in Cluj in June and plans to launch a new route to Birmingham in the U.K. on December 16.
It also opened a base at the Mihail Kogalniceanu International Airport in Romania's eastern city of Constanta earlier this month. From there, the airline will operate seven new domestic and international routes starting April 27, 2017.
Blue Air plans to transport 3.2 million passengers this year, up 50% from 2015.
Blue Air, the only air carrier in Romania with 100% Romanian capital, started operations in December 2004. In 2013, it was taken over by Airline Management Solutions Company in a 30 million euro ($33.6 million) deal.
The airline operates a fleet of 16 Boeing 737 aircraft and flies to 52 destinations.
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