George Enescu International Airport is an airport located in

Bacău Bacău ( , , ; hu, Bákó; la, Bacovia) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. At the 2016 national estimation it had a population of 196,883, making it the 12th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of ...

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. Named after the Romanian composer

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, it serves as a focus city of the

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. Bacău Airport shares its runway with

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, and Aerostar, a major Romanian aerospace and defence company. The airport is located south of the city centre of

History

Bacău Airport opened for passenger service in 1946. A modern terminal building with a control tower began construction in 1970, and was completed in 1971. In 1975, it received international status. A 2005 renovation/expansion remodeled the terminal building. In 2018, a new terminal was opened and the old one demolished. In 2009, Bacău Airport became the first Romanian airport to be privately administered by a nongovernmental company. BlueAero, its administrator, was 100% owned by the fully private airline

. The new company that took over the airport is nowadays the main operator. Other airlines that operated here were TAROM, which withdraw its flights, and

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, which canceled all its scheduled flights. When Blue Air was sold because its parent company's holding went into bankruptcy, the airport was returned to the local government administration. The modernization promised in the takeover contract was completed to a less than 10% status due to financial problems in the holding. Since June 2021, TAROM had been operating flights from the airport again, starting with the charter flight to

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, with direct flights to several major Romanian cities planned to be introduced at a later date. In February 2014, the new owners, a 50-50 joint venture between the city and county public administrations, started a new modernization program. The project involved the construction of a passenger terminal with a processing capacity of 300 passengers per hour, a control tower, a parking area, and an intermodal bus terminal, as well as the refurbishment of the runway. In November 2017, the new passenger terminal was inaugurated.Noul terminal al Aeroportului Bacău a fost deschis pentru pasageri

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Bacău Airport:Bacau International Airport official schedule
bacauairport.ro. Retrieved on 14 August 2022.

Military usage

The airport is home to the

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95th Air Base, with one fighter regiment (operating

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) and a

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(operating IAR-330L). The base is also home to the 250th

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regiment.

Statistics

Traffic figures

References

External links

Official website

Google Map - Aerial View
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacau International Airport Airports in Romania

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Buildings and structures in Bacău County Airports established in 1946 1946 establishments in Romania