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Wizz Air, Ryanair, TAROM and LOT Airlines have decided to cancel a series of flights that were due to take off on Friday, from Henri Coanda International Airport, according to updated information from the Bucharest Airport National Authority (CNAB).
According to the cited source, due to unfavourable weather conditions in Romania, Wizz Air canceled flights 3001/3002 Bucharest - London -Bucharest, 3051/3052 Bucharest -Paris-Bucharest, 3081/3082 Bucharest-Charleroi-Bucharest, 3201/3203 Bucharest-Stockholm -Bucharest, 3091/3092 Bucharest - Dortmund - Bucharest and 3494/3493 Bucharest - Cluj - Bucharest.
Ryanair airline also decided to cancel flights 435/436 Timisoara - Bucharest - Timisoara and TAROM will no longer operate flights 627/628 Bucharest - Oradea - Bucharest and 702 Iasi - Otopeni.
Finally, LOT airline cancels its 645/646 Bucharest - Warsaw - Bucharest flights.
CNAB specifies that presently, both Henri Coanda International Airport Bucharest as well as Aurel Vlaicu International Airport Bucharest, air traffic is carried out in winter conditions, with massive snowfalls and wind gusts.
Moreover, some flights can record delays when taking off, determined by the necessity to defrost airplanes, delays that can reach or exceed an hour in some cases. On both airports of the Capital interventions are carried out with snow clearing devices in order to maintain the runway in optimum conditions.
The runways, the platforms and the taxiways for airplanes are open and operational, all the conditions for safely carrying out air flights being ensured.
Real-time information about the situation of flights on Henri Coanda International Airport can be found on www.bucharestairports.ro web page, and passengers are advised to take the necessary measures to come in due time at the airport.
