Moldovan airline HiSky operated on Friday, June 7, the first direct flight from Bucharest to the United States in over 20 years. Tarom’s flights to New York were halted in 2003.
The HiSky aircraft flying to New York is configured with two aisles and a total of 275 seats, divided into business and economy classes.
For the inaugural flight, the plane carrying the first passengers to the US was piloted by HiSky’s CEO, Iulian Scorpan, a captain pilot with over 20 years of experience. It took off from Bucharest’s Henri Coandă Airport on Friday morning.
The aircraft, an Airbus A330-200, is the first wide-body plane in the company’s fleet…
