HiSky has made this announcement: Starting next June, Romanians will once again be able to travel to the United States, directly from Bucharest, putting an end to a more than 20-year pause in direct connections. HiSky has already made...
HiSky has made this announcement:
Starting next June, Romanians will once again be able to travel to the United States, directly from Bucharest, putting an end to a more than 20-year pause in direct connections.
HiSky has already made available the tickets for the Bucharest-New York route, with the inaugural flight scheduled for Friday, June 7, 2024. This development follows HiSky’s recent authorization from the U.S. Department of Transportation to operate regular flights to this destination, making it the only Romanian airline to simultaneously hold a Foreign Air Carrier Permit and possess an aircraft capable of uninterrupted flights of up to 14 hours.
Regular flights connecting Henri Coand? Airport in Bucharest with New York’s main airport, John F. Kennedy, will operate four times a week, departing Romania on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. HiSky’s flights are scheduled to depart Bucharest at 8:00 local time and arrive in New York at 11:25 local time, making the transatlantic journey just over 10 hours. For return flights, the aircraft is set to depart JFK at 13:25 local time and land in Otopeni at 6:15 local time.
The Bucharest Otopeni – New York JFK flights will be operated with an Airbus A330-200, HiSky’s first wide-body aircraft and the only one of its kind registered in Romania. This aircraft registered as YR-KID, which arrived in Bucharest earlier this week, enables the airline to offer non-stop service over this distance. During the flight, passengers will also have access to multimedia content on the aircraft’s entertainment system.
Since the inauguration of its hub in Bucharest, a year and a half ago, Henri Coand? Airport has become HiSky’s main operational base. From Bucharest, HiSky operates eight regular international routes to Brussels, Barcelona, Malaga, Dublin, Chi?in?u, Bordeaux, Tel Aviv, and Frankfurt, as well as two domestic routes to Cluj Napoca and Timi?oara. In Romania, HiSky also operates regular flights from Ia?i, Baia Mare, Cluj Napoca, and Timi?oara airports, as well as charter flights in partnership with leading travel agencies. HiSky ranks fourth among airlines operating in Romania in terms of passenger numbers.
