Tulcea Danube Delta Airport (also known as Cataloi Airport) is located in south-eastern
Romania
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, south
of the city of
Tulcea, on the
Danube bank and close to the
Danube Delta
The Danube Delta ( ro, Delta Dunării, ; uk, Дельта Дунаю, Deľta Dunaju, ) is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Ro ...
. It is
Northern Dobruja
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's second airport after
Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport, which serves
Constanța
Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...
.
History
Romanian flag carrier
TAROM flew between its hub
Henri Coanda International Airport
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People with this given name
; French noblemen
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* Henri I de Montm ...
and Tulcea in June 2008 but the route was soon cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Since
Fly Romania's departure in August 2014, there have been no scheduled flights to and from the airport.
This will change in June 2023, when
HiSky
HiSky is a Moldovan airline based in Chișinău, Moldova, the airline has an additional Air Operating Certificate (AOC) in Romania. The airlines main bases are Chișinău International Airport and Cluj International Airport.
History
The compan ...
starts full charter services from Tulcea to Antalya and therefore marked the resumption of schedule flights.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
See also
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Aviation in Romania
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Transport in Romania
References
External links
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Google Map - Aerial View
Airports in Romania
Buildings and structures in Tulcea County
Airports established in 1952
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