George Enescu International Airport is an airport located in

Bacău Bacău ( ; , ; ; ) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. With a population of 136,087 (as of 2021 census), Bacău is the 14th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the ...

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. Named after the Romanian composer

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the airport shares its runway with

RoAF 95th Air Base The Romanian Air Force 95th Air Base "Captain Alexandru Șerbănescu" () is an air force base adjacent to George Enescu International Airport, Romania, south of Bacău, Bacău County. The current base was organized on 25 August 1995, having as ...

, and

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

History

Foundation and early years

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.

Development since the 2000s

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

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. The new company that took over the airport is nowadays the main operator. Other airlines that operated here were

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, 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, 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, with a processing capacity of 450 pax/hour and four boarding gates, was inaugurated.

Military usage

The airport is home to the

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95th Air Base, home of the 951st Advanced Air Training Squadron, operating the IAR 99 Șoim, and of the 952nd Helicopter Squadron, operating IAR 330L and IAR 330 SOCAT.

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.

Statistics

Traffic figures

References

External links

Official website
* {{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