Romanian government and Wizz Air also help Blue Air passengers

The Romanian government will assist in the repatriation of Romanian citizens stranded abroad due to the closure of the Blue Air airline, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca announced at the beginning of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air said it would expand its presence in Romania.

The Prime Minister said that more than 2,000 Romanian citizens stranded abroad have appealed to the country’s diplomatic missions for help after the Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air was grounded on Tuesday. The government therefore intends to help repatriate its citizens in distress.

At the same time, the Prime Minister warned that the public authorities must recover from the company that caused the situation the money spent to help the company and its passengers.

At the end of the cabinet meeting, government spokesman Dan Carbunaru said that 5 million lei (HUF 408 million, EUR 1 million) had been transferred from the budget reserve fund to the Ministry of Transport to transport Romanian citizens who need it, in cooperation with the Romanian national airline Tarom and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Wizz Air’s acting network officer announced on Wednesday that the airline will launch three new flights from Bucharest, install five additional aircraft in the Romanian capital and be ready to take on Blue Air passengers. Evelin Jeckel, according to the Agerpres news agency, said that the new planes will bring the number of Wizz Air aircraft based in Bucharest to 17. The low-cost airline will increase the number of its flights on certain routes from Friday, and from the beginning of December, it will launch new flights to Prague, Athens and Larnaca.