Blue Air, one of the largest aviation companies in Romania, announced today that it is suspending all flights from our country to other destinations, this after others were also suspended yesterday, leaving a huge number of people in an extremely difficult situation difficult, unfortunately.
Blue Air says that the reason for this decision is based on the fact that its accounts were suspended by the Romanian authorities, so that until September 12 it will no longer operate flights from the airports in our country, so Romanians who have purchased tickets remain without the possibility of displacement.
Below you can find the explanations of those from Blue Air Romania regarding this situation, the company complaining that passengers' trust in the company has decreased due to disputes with the Romanian state, which has led to losses of 5 million euros due to tickets that no longer have were sold in our country.
Blue Air Romania says that the suspension of the activity in Romania was necessary in the current context, and that only after an analysis made inside the company will be decided what the next steps will be, making it clear that it is not 100% certain that on September 12 they will resume flights from the country, and below you can read their statements.
Due to an unforeseen situation consisting in the seizure of all the accounts of the Blue Air Aviation SA company by the Ministry of the Environment, Blue Air is unable to pay the current costs, necessary for the operation of daily flights, which is why it is forced to stop all flights scheduled to depart from Romanian airports, until Monday, September 12, 2022.
Unfortunately, this blocking of all Blue Air bank accounts came shortly after the public statements and direct incitements to "stop buying Blue Air tickets" propagated in the public space by a high-ranking representative of the Romanian State, namely the President of the Authority National for Consumer Protection (ANPC) of the Romanian state, led to:
- The significant destruction of passengers' trust in Blue Air, generating losses of over 5 million euros, by reducing the volume of ticket sales;
- Increasing pressure from the key suppliers of Blue Air Aviation SA to pay the amounts necessary for daily operations in advance (impossible now, given the seizure of all the company's accounts);
- Blocking all discussions held in London by the Blue Air shareholder with 2 large investment firms interested in entering the Blue Air shareholding and supporting the company in recovering the losses incurred during the 2,5 years in which it went through the greatest difficulties in the entire history of the industry world aeronautics
The irresponsible statements and actions of a representative of the Romanian State, as well as the impetuous decision to block all the bank accounts of the company, brought Blue Air into the undesirable situation of reducing its operations for the next period, in order to facilitate the completion of the impact analysis from the side of investors and obtaining the necessary authorizations for discussions with investors.
