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naturegirl321
Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home
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kerohaha
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Posts: 26 Location: hongkong
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:54 am Post subject: 2 more |
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Hi Naturegirl, long time no see! how are you?
I think there're also 2 important (and relatively cheap) airlines. These are the ones recommended by the staff at the Romanian Consulate.
Aeroflot (very cheap, transfer in Moscow)
Turkish Airline (but usually transfer at Istanbul... i heard that it's better to avoid transferring there
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CairoMig
Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 35
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: low cost to Romsky |
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There are a few low-cost airlines that have drastically reduced the cost of getting to Romania. Do a google searcha and you can see find their websites:
Sky Europe (from Slovakia and Austria)
MyAir (Italy)
Clubair (Italy)
Climber Air (Denmark)
Blue Air (Romanian flies to Rome, Barcelona, Maastricht and Istanbul)
AlpiEagles (Italy) |
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brianS
Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 4 Location: France
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 8:37 am Post subject: blue air |
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also flies to and from France (Lyon and Paris)...Im taking it on 29th May, but it goes to Baneasa Airport in Bucuresti, not to Otopeni. |
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Bebsi
Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Posts: 958
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:02 am Post subject: Blue Air |
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BLUE Air? Do they show adult movies in flight???
If not, then I imagine one would be depressed flying with them!!!! |
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CairoMig
Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 35
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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Take note, Wizz Air will fly from Luton (somewhere near london) from 15th Jan. Had a look and if you book now, you can go for a mere �50 return....when I was there 5 years ago a return to civilised Europe cost at least �400! |
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Great Teacher Umikun
Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 63 Location: Back in Japan
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Are there any that fly in from Tokyo/Narita? I�m planning on leaving Japan by the end of this year. |
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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Cheapest way between Beijing and Europe used to be TAROM but dunno about now
Why does Blue Air have such an AWFUL website? I spent 90 minutes this afternoon trying to book a flight !
ONe example of their pitiful attempt at modernity: they have a drop-down menu of countries in English, listed alphabetically, but according to the Romanian name of the country ! So Bulgaria comes before Bahrain and the UK is immediately after France
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Mike_2007
Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Bucharest, Romania
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:37 am Post subject: |
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Blue Air are a classic example of how Romanian companies do business. I tried to book a flight to France with them recently. Website wouldn't work, kept timing out, stuff like that. When I finally got to the end of the booking process online it suddenly decided it wouldn't accept Visa Electron, although it clearly states you can pay with an Electron card at the beginning!
Called their support line to speak to a typically grumpy and unhelpful customer support woman who tutted and huffed constantly. Eventually she said I would have to go to their agency to book it, because the website was still rather new and not working 100% (then WHY WHY WHY make it active - debug it first, FFS!).
Of course, because I had now gone to the trouble of travelling across town to their offices to give them my business, I could no longer have the web rate and had to pay more.
Furthermore (and indeed there is more) they put my name into the computer incorrectly so my middle name became my first name and my first my surname. I pointed out their mistake and was told "Don't worry, it probably doesn't matter." Of course, I did worry as airport security, even in Romania, isn't exactly known for being lenient these days! She then told me that it was impossible to change, and I had to insist that it was perfectly possible to change it.
The trick I've learnt in Romania is to make it clear to the bureaucrat/cashier/whoever that NOT helping you will be a lot more time-consuming than just doing what you want. Eventually, after having bothered to consult her manual, she found it was possible to correct the name - but that she'd have to charge me 40 Euro for the correction!!!
I didn't pay it, naturally...
This experience pretty much underlines the whole problem with Romanian-operated businesses. Their policies often seem to be anti-customer, their staff are rude and treat all clients like an inconvenience, or sometimes as potential theives, and they rarely stop and think about what the customer would like to see on the site or in the shop. Then, of course, they wonder why business is bad. |
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Charliedontsurf
Joined: 06 Jan 2013 Posts: 9
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Whizz Air have a regular Monday and Friday service Doncaster to Bucharest - Bucharest to Doncaster. On average you can get a return for around 65 pounds sterling return. |
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scot47
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Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Blue Air now fly from Glasgow to Bucharest, once a week. Wizzair is planning to do the same from May 2016. |
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