Fly Lili
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Founded | 2021[3] | ||||||
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Commenced operations | April 2023[4] | ||||||
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Focus cities | Bucharest–Otopeni | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Lilicoin[6] | ||||||
Fleet size | 3[7] | ||||||
Destinations | 5[5] | ||||||
Revenue | €9.56 million (2023)[8] | ||||||
Net income | -€2.82 million (2023)[8] | ||||||
Website | www |
Fly Lili is a Romanian airline based at Aurel Vlaicu International Airport in Bucharest.[9][5]
History
In April 2023, the company started its first regular charter flights, between Bucharest–Băneasa and Antalya.[4][10][11]
Beginning in June 2024, the company also announced it would commence scheduled flights from Brașov and Sibiu to several European destinations such as Barcelona and Rome.[12][13] However, in July 2024, Fly Lili suspended its flights to Munich and Stuttgart after only a few days while cancelling or delaying several other routes.[14] Shortly after, both operational issues due to a lack of available aircraft and a dispute between the airline and Romanian authorities regarding the registration of further aircraft have been reported.[15]
On 3 August 2024, Fly Lili finally started operating daily flights from Brașov Airport to 6 destinations: Munich, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Rome, Barcelona and Thessaloniki(ended on the 1st of September 2024). On 29 September, Fly Lili is supposed to start flights to Istanbul while interrupting those to Barcelona, and on 14 December 2024 the airline will connect Brașov to Madrid.
Meanwhile, the scheduled flights from Sibiu, Bucharest and Iași are still up in the air.
Destinations
Fly Lili operates leisure charter flights from Bucharest-Baneasa to destinations in Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia, [5]and offers regular flights from Brașov Airport to seven European destinations(Munich, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona and Istanbul).
Fleet
As of September 2024[update], Fly Lili operates the following aircraft:[7]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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C | Y | Total | ||||
Airbus A319-100 | 1 | 4[7] | 150 | 150 | ||
Airbus A320-200 | 2 | — | — | 180 | 180 | |
Total | 3 | 4 |
References
- ^ "Fly Lili Airline Profile | CAPA". centreforaviation.com.
- ^ "Three−Letter Designator/Aircraft Company/Telephony Decode". faa.gov.
- ^ Bobon, Gabriel (May 23, 2022). "Fly Lili (România) se pregătește pentru debutul operațiunilor aeriene".
- ^ a b Marcu, Vlad (April 20, 2023). "GALERIE FOTO: primul charter regulat operat de la aeroportul Băneasa a decolat joi".
- ^ a b c d "Fly Lili on ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation.com.
- ^ "FlyLili - Lilicoin".
- ^ a b c "Planespotters.net". 8 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Date Firma FLY LILI S.R.L." RisCo. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ "Fly Lili România zboară și de la Oradea". April 22, 2023.
- ^ "Primul charter operat regulat de la aeroportul Băneasa a decolat joi spre Antalya - MagnaNews". magnanews.ro. April 22, 2023.
- ^ "EXCLUSIV - Compania aeriană Fly Lili a pierdut ajutorul de stat de 740.000 de euro de la Aeroportul Internațional Maramureș, însă părțile au rămas în contact pentru operarea curselor către München și Roma". February 19, 2023.
- ^ https://www.flylili.com/
- ^ Stănescu, Ruxandra (2024-05-30). "Fünf neue Flugziele mit FlyLili – Hermannstaedter Zeitung" (in German). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ aerotelegraph.com - "Fly Lili pauses flights from Brasov to Munich and Stuttgart" (German) 3 July 2024
- ^ aerotelegraph.com (German) 17 July 2024