Blue Air

About

Blue Air is a Romanian low-cost carrier based in Bucharest. The airline serves seven Romanian airports in addition to Bucharest, including Arad, Bacau and Cluj Napoca.

Italy and Spain are particularly well served, though Blue Air also flies to Turkey, Portugal, Germany, France, Belgium and the UK. Blue Air has some distance to go before it emerges as a top-tier budget airline, but it certainly reaches more destinations in Romania than any other low-cost carrier.

Upside

Blue Air offers great connections from airports in Romania to destinations across Europe.

Downside

No real complaints to speak of.

Baggage

* Carry-on: One item not exceeding 7 kg and one laptop.
* Checked: Each passenger is entitled to a maximum of four pieces of baggage. The fee for every checked-in baggage (every piece of checked-in baggage) is €10 per flight segment.  No single bag can weigh more than 32kg. For some domestic flights the maximum allowance is 20kg. 

* Please visit Blue-Air’s website for more information on its baggage policy.

Seating

Check in is 40 minutes prior to departure. Seat preferences are never guaranteed and, in fact, Blue Air states explicitly on their site that they reserve the right to move you even after you board. Tough crew!

Check-in and Ticketing

Blue Air does not offer online check-in.  It does offer Priority Smart Check-in for a price of €15.  This includes priority boarding, a private car to the airport and a voucher for coffee and water at the Snack Attack airport restaurant.  However, it is only available within the Aurel Vlaicu (Baneasa) International Airport.