The story

Taking off

A small but determined group of entrepreneurs – businessmen, lawyers and one pilot – undertook a risky chance of setting up an airline, which was named Carpatair.

They started in 1999, aiming to serve a regional market niche: traveling needs between less exploited areas from Romania and European countries closely linked to us. Back then, it only meant one leased aircraft, merely 10 employees, and one route: Cluj-Treviso-Cluj.

Direction

Now, we want more routes and increased flight frequencies for better servicing our customers. We want to continue to add value to your travel experience. We want you to count on us when scheduling a business meeting abroad, planning your holiday or investing in a foreign country.

We not only have goals, but we are also working to accomplish them!

Our way of getting there

The company’s key words are “accountability”, “flexibility”, “customer service” and “safety”. Nothing is too expensive or too hard for satisfying our clients.

Accomplishments

At its sixth birthday, Carpatair covers four countries, counts twelve aircraft and over 350 employees. Nicolae Petrov, president & CEO of Carpatair, believes in hard work, competence and communication. This is how he and a handful of dedicated experts managed to transform what seemed to be a risky endeavour at the beginning into the later successful and ever-increasing business.

To a modern fleet of 2 Fokker 100, 9 Saab-2000 and 3 Saab-340 aircraft, add a combination of passenger comfort, operational performance, a well-trained flight crew and bottom-line efficiency and you will obtain the full package of any demanding customer.

As a member of MITA and IATA Clearing House, Carpatair has taken advantage of the collaboration with significant airlines from the very beginning, thus developing interline agreements with Lufthansa, Malev, Tarom, Swiss, Delta, CSA, LTU, Tap Air Portugal, British Airways, US Airways, and Scandinavian Airlines.

Faithful to a dedicated customer policy, Carpatair commercial department is continuously working to improve the computerised booking system, to make it easier and more approachable for every client.

While the regular flights mean high reliability, flexibility, professionalism and competitive prices, the charter flights of Carpatair represent the ultimate way to travel in terms of convenience and the fastest way between two points.

Besides being just a carrier, Carpatair has developed its own services (passenger handling, ramp handling, catering), thus proving to have been increasingly tailor-making itself to fit the ever-changing needs of the regional aviation industry.