Starting next June, Romanians will 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 made available the tickets for the Bucharest-New York route, with the inaugural flight scheduled for Friday, June 7.
The development follows HiSky’s recent authorisation from the US Department of Transportation to operate regular flights to the 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 Coandă 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.
“We are extremely proud to officially reopen this strategic route after more than two decades. Starting June, New York will once again be listed on Otopeni Airport’s Departures-Arrivals board. This is a significant milestone for HiSky and even more so for Romania and all passengers wishing to travel across the ocean without stopovers or time wasted at other airports. The USA is now a viable travel option for the first time since air travel became accessible to everyone. We are delighted to be the ones paving this way. Three years ago, when we began operations, we aimed to be the primary choice for Romanian passengers. We’ve proven our worth through thousands of flights across Europe, and now we’re excited to give them this gift right before the holidays,” said Iulian Scorpan, CEO of HiSky.
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, which arrived in Bucharest earlier this week, enables the airline to offer non-stop service over this distance.
Since the inauguration of its hub in Bucharest, a year and a half ago, Henri Coandă Airport has become HiSky’s main operational base. From Bucharest, HiSky operates eight regular international routes to Brussels, Barcelona, Malaga, Dublin, Chișinău, Bordeaux, Tel Aviv, and Frankfurt, as well as two domestic routes to Cluj Napoca and Timișoara. In Romania, HiSky also operates regular flights from Iași, Baia Mare, Cluj Napoca, and Timișoara 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.
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