Blue Air
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✔️ Where does Blue Air fly to?
Blue Air timetable covers routes from many popular cities. To check the availability of the connections, use eSkyTravel.co.za search engine.
✔️ When can you buy the cheapest tickets for Blue Air flight?
It is best to buy tickets for Blue Air flight well ahead of time.
✔️ What airlines operate similar routes?
To the cities, to which run Blue Air flights, run also other airlines, and you can find them in eSkyTravel.co.za search engine.
✔️ Can I book a hotel together with Blue Air flight?
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Find out more about Blue Air
Baggage
Regardless of the chosen travel class, Blue Air passengers could take onboard one hand luggage, free of charge. Purses and bags for cameras/laptops had to be packed in the hand luggage. The hand luggage could not exceed 10 kg in weight and 55 x 40 x 20 cm in size.
Passengers could have up to 4 pieces of checked-in luggage, each piece not exceeding 32 kg in weight and 100 x 80 x 30 cm in size. The allowed weight depended on the chosen booking class (20 kg for the Classic travel class and 32 kg for the Premium travel class). .
Travel classes
Blue Air offered 3 travel classes: Light, Classic and Premium, all of them providing free of charge check-in.
Light class was guaranteed for lowest fares and had one hand luggage included in the price.
Classic was dedicated to people, who traveled with an additional small checked-in luggage (20 kg) and wanted to choose their seat. Passengers also had a 50% discount for a change of date or route change fee.
The Premium class offered passengers a larger checked-in luggage (32 kg), and they weren't charged for booking changes, could choose a comfort seat, as well as (on most routes) receive free meals.
Online Check-in
Free online check-in would open 30 days before departure and was allowed no later than 12 hours before the scheduled flight. Online check-in was possible on almost every route covered by Blue Air. Exceptions were made for flights from, among others, Lisbon, Palma de Mallorca and Tel Aviv. The full list is available on the carrier’s official webpage.
Fleet
The Blue Air fleet consisted of 30 narrow-body passenger planes Boeing 737, series 737-300, 737-400, 737-500, 737-700 and 737-800. The characteristic white-blue aircraft had between 120 and 189 seats.
In 2017, the company announced the order for twelve Boeing 737 MAX 8, which entered the fleet starting with Q2, 2019.
Headquarters
The main base of the airline was in Bucharest-Otopeni (Henri Coandă International Airport). It is the biggest airport in Romania, serving domestic and international flights.
Around the area of the airport, there are numerous shops, cafes, Internet spots, as well as a chapel.
The distance between the airport and Bucharest city centre is 16.5 km. Tourists can cover that route by train, bus (final stop is Gara de Nord), taxi or rented car.
Worth mentioning is that Blue Air had operational bases in other cities as well, such as Bacău, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța, Iași (Romania), Alghero, Turin (Italy), Larnaca (Cyprus) and Liverpool (the UK). Each of these bases created connections between the most important cities in Europe.
Refreshments
Blue Air offered its passengers sweets, snacks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, as well as hot and cold dishes. The carrier’s offer depended on the route. On some of them, passengers received free snacks and drinks. Hot meals were available on longer routes, as well as on flights to/from Bucharest or Sibiu, in which case passengers had to book the desired meal at least 12 hours before the scheduled departure time.
The gastronomic offer was diversified, so everyone could find something to enjoy. Passengers could choose from: Romanian / English breakfast, vegetarian menu and turkey / beef meals for lunch and dinner. Meals were available on most routes.
Additional services
When booking the Blue Air flight ticket, passengers also had the possibility to purchase bus transfers, which were available for the following route: from Constanta or Brasov to Bucharest-Otopeni airport.
Passengers flying via domestic routes in Romania could take one piece of checked-in luggage of 20 kg, free of charge, and would receive a free snack onboard.
Destinations
Blue Air routes operated from the company’s operational bases are as follows:
From Bucharest to: Bacau, Barcelona, Birmingham, Bordeaux, Brussels, Castellon*, Catania, Copenhagen, Cluj-Napoca, Cologne, Dublin, Florence, Glasgow, Hamburg, Helsinki, Iasi, Larnaca, Lisbon, Liverpool, London, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Milan, Naples, Nice, Oradea, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Turin, Valencia
From Bacau to: Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Dublin, Liverpool, London, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Turin
From Cluj-Napoca to: Bucharest, Dublin, Liverpool*, Tel Aviv*
From Iasi to: Barcelona, Brussels, Bucharest, Cologne, London, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Torino
From Larnaca to: Athens, Birmingham, Bucharest, London, Thessaloniki
From Liverpool to: Alicante, Bacau, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca* Malaga, Rome
From Alghero to: Rome
From Sibiu to: Stuttgart
From Turin to: Alghero, Bacau, Bucharest, Bari, Catania, Iasi, Lamezia Terme, Lisbon, London, Madrid*, Naples, Paris, Pescara, Reggio Calabria, Seville, Stockholm, Trapani*
*These flights were operating until the 31st of October 2018.
Reviews
14 January 2020
The tickets are to expensive for a pour country like us’ Wen we working in uk hard for some money
8 January 2020
very unfair with the luggage
i payed 75 euro to take the cabin bag , all because i had also a backpack.
7 January 2020
aprox good, but slow
on December23 he was late and was not able to recover the delay
5 December 2019
First flight with Blue Air
I travel to Romania on business Using Blue Air was convenient for where I wanted to fly However the only down side was that I could not take my hand bag as well as hand luggage - which is not ideal when travelling business.
11 November 2019
Everything was very smoth and nice
The staff was nice and helpfull, the airplain was clean and the flight had no delay.
28 October 2019
Bag carry on size
20cm width carry on size and everyones bags checked before boarding. £95 fine if 21cm !
18 October 2019
Not so good
Dont was so good travel, we pay extra to choose our seats and to have more space at the legs and nothing happen , was a surprise to see our seats
12 October 2019
Hello
Always problem with planning!
7 October 2019
Nice fly
Was a good journey,i'll chouse again your companie,but wil be better if will have more optins for flys hours per day
20 August 2019
Wonderfull fly
Peacefull
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