page_title: Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
section_title: The 2007 low cost "invasion"
hierarchical_section_title: Aurel Vlaicu International Airport / History / The 2007 low cost "invasion"
caption_attribution_description: Bucharest Baneasa Airport
context_page_description: Bucharest Aurel Vlaicu Airport is located in Băneasa district, Bucharest, Romania, 8.5 km north of the city center. Named after Aurel Vlaicu, a Romanian engineer, inventor, aeroplane constructor and early pilot, it was Bucharest's only airport until 1969, when the Otopeni Airport was opened to civilian use.
  Until March 2012, when it was converted into a business airport, Aurel Vlaicu International was the second airport in Romania in terms of air traffic, and Bucharest's low-cost hub.
context_section_description: The first low cost airline established at BBU was Blue Air in 2004. From January 2007, the low-fare airlines Wizz Air, EasyJet and Germanwings started European routes from Băneasa.
caption: Interior of the terminal in 2007
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