Bucharest-New York flight: 160 passengers per day for Delta

Delta Air Lines, the only airline operating direct flights between Romania and the United States, has carried more than 16,000 passengers during the first 100 days of its Bucharest-New York route, with an occupancy rate of over 80%, stated Corina Enciu, sales manager with Delta. “The Bucharest-New York flight registered an average occupancy rate of above 80%, which indicates that our decision to return onto the Romanian market was a good one,” stated Corina Enciu. The manager of the domestic division of Delta Air Lines added that the occupancy rate was sustained both by business travellers and people travelling to the US with a personal interest. Delta Air Lines slashed the price of economy class tickets by around 20% for several destinations of the USA, such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago; therefore bolstering traffic. Besides passenger travel, Delta officials maintain that cargo services are also profitable.