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 CarpatairAirbus A319-100 | |||||||
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| Founded | 1999 | ||||||
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| AOC # | RO-003[1] | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | charter | ||||||
| Headquarters | Timișoara,Romania | ||||||
| Key people | Nicolae Petrov, President andCEO | ||||||
| Revenue |  EUR 8 million(2012) | ||||||
| Website | carpatair | ||||||
CarpatairS.A. is a privately ownedRomaniancharter and formerregional airline headquartered inTimișoara.
Carpatair was established in 1999 and started operations in February 1999 inCluj-Napoca. The present title was adopted in December 1999 when Swiss and Swedish investors took a 49% stake in the company. The airline is owned by Romanian shareholders (51%) and Swiss and Swedish shareholders (49%) The airline is anIATA member since 2006, and has recently successfully received its 5thIOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) registration. Carpatair employed 450 staff at March 2007. The current President and Chief Executive of Carpatair is Nicolae Petrov.[2]
The carrier had filed for Insolvency on 23 January 2014.[3] The statute used was Romanian Law 85/2006, which is very similar to theChapter 11 status known in the USA, providing the company a special legal status.[citation needed]. Now the company has emerged from "reorganization" also, and continues to offer charter andACMI solutions on a regular basis.
As of May 2014, Carpatair dissolved most of its route network; it no longer operates in Romania orMoldova. Carpatair operations now consists of ad-hoc and ACMI charters.[citation needed]
From December 2015, Carpatair operated forAdria Airways betweenÖrebro in Sweden andCopenhagen in Denmark, and also under an NJ flight code route betweenStockholm Arlanda Airport andArvidsjaur/Gällivare in Sweden. From March 2016 until June of the same year, they flew under the Adria Airways call sign fromTallinn. During spring and summer 2016, one aircraft flew under contract forVolotea in France and Italy. From July 2016, they operated the route Stavanger - Oslo under contract forNorwegian Air Shuttle, and a number of routes fromBrussels Airport on contract fromBrussels Airlines. In summer 2016, Carpatair operated one aircraft on awet-lease forLOT Polish Airlines on routes fromWarsaw toAmsterdam andGdańsk.[4] Between April and May 2017, Carpatair operated services betweenBerlin-Tegel andPrague on behalf of now defunctAir Berlin. During the 2018 summer schedule, one aircraft was wet-leased toKLM to operate a couple of European routes fromAmsterdam.[5] Since 2023, Carpatair crews and aircraft have operated onairBaltic routes, especially during the busy summer season.[6]
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As of August 2025[update], Carpatair operates the following aircraft:[7][8]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 2 | — | 156 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 1 | — | 180 | |
| Total | 3 | — | ||
Carpatair previously also operated the following types of aircraft:[citation needed]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATR 72-500 | 2 | 2013 | 2013 |
| Boeing 737-300 | 2 | 2012 | 2014 |
| Fokker 70 | 3 | 2010 | 2013 |
| Fokker 100 | 3 | 2010 | 2023 |
| Saab 340 | 5 | 1999 | 2007 |
| Saab 2000 | 15 | 1999 | 2013 |
| Yakovlev Yak-40 | 1 | 1999 | 2003 |
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