HiSky, an airline established in the Republic of Moldova by Iulian Scorpan, former head of Air Moldova, enters the Romanian market
HiSky operates a fleet of five Airbus A320 aircraft, including four 180-seat A320 aircraft and one 144-seat A319 aircraft. For safety and efficiency in operation, including longer journeys, recently produced aircraft have been chosen, and regulated maintenance programs will be performed at a specialized base in Romania.
“The HiSky airline started on Monday, May 9, 2022, the operation of the mayor’s office from the new operational base of the companies, Otopeni airport in Bucharest. Passengers from the capital will be able to travel with HiSky to Timisoara and Cluj but also to one of the important tourist destinations, Israel – Tel Aviv. At the same time, in the summer of this year, the company will operate several charters, to exotic destinations, in partnership with important Romanian tour operators. With the opening of the base in Bucharest, HiSky launches a new concept of services and price, under which the activity of the companies will take place. “SMART COST” is the proposal for the Romanian market, a travel concept that keeps the principles of low cost cost but is based on the behaviors and needs of passengers, the stability of the schedule in the drivers and the game of additional services “, the company announces.
One of the main directions of development for the company is to serve business traffic by creating accessible laws between the capital and major cities in the country.
“With the opening of domestic routes, from Bucharest to the two main cities, we are beginning to outline one of HiSky’s development strategies, business traffic for the Romanian market. The Smart Cost concept is also very well reflected here. We have taken into account in the stability of the flight schedule the travel needs of Romanian business passengers and we are confident that we are entering the market with the best offer. In each of the 5 working days we have two trips from Bucharest to Cluj and Timisoara and back. Thus, it offers the possibility of return passengers during the day, whether they are flying from the capital to the province or vice versa. Also, the flight hours have been set so as to accommodate a comfortable schedule to reach the airport of departure and arrival in the destination city, ”explains Mareș Cărăvan, commercial director of HiSky Europe.
The company currently has over 200 employees, almost all of whom are flight attendants. One of the pilots operating regular flights is the General Manager, Iulian Scorpan, an Airbus A320 pilot with over 20 years of flight experience and more than 10 years in airline management.
“In my career, in addition to my career, I also had the opportunity to work in the executive part of commercial aviation. I drove by air and so I expect the company to know very well the market for this type of services, personal actions, passengers and tour operators. We have realized that there is still a need in the market for safe, efficient, cost-effective air transport service providers. This is the segment on which we have positioned the company. We mainly want to be honest with our passengers and communicate very clearly who we are and what we offer for the price we pay, ”said Iulian Scorpan, founder and CEO of HiSky.
The HiSky airline was established in 2020, and by the end of 2021 it has already exceeded the threshold of 200 thousand transported passengers. HiSky operates from Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Baia Mare, Satu Mare, Iasi and Chisinau to 10 destinations in Romania and Europe. After the opening of the hub in Bucharest, the operator announces for the start of the winter season the opening of 2 more domestic destinations, Oradea and Iasi and 10 other destinations in Europe.