Business Class Flights to Bucharest, Romania

One of Eastern Europe’s most important urban centers, Bucharest, Romania, is a hub for culture, finance, technology, education, healthcare, and the arts. Bucharest is also Romania’s capital city and economic base, which gives the city some influence over the region’s politics and business climate. Since the fall of Romania’s communist government in the late 1980s, Bucharest has undergone a number of changes intended to modernize the city’s roads, bridges, public transportation systems, public spaces, and other infrastructure, as well the face of Romania.

Many of the travelers who book business-class flights to Bucharest work in the information technology industry. Over the last thirty years, several multinational technology companies have opened offices and engineering centers in the city, taking advantage of its well-educated work force.

Flights to Bucharest arrive at Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP). Located 10 miles north of Bucharest’s city center, the airport is in the suburb of Otopeni. Henri Coanda International Airport is the busiest in Romania by passenger traffic, with nearly 13 million passengers passing through it each year.

Some business-class flights to Bucharest may arrive at the city’s second airport, Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU), which is located within the city limits. Today considered a “VIP” or business airport, Aurel Vlaicu was Bucharest’s only airport until the late 1960s.

Tourism is also an important contributor to Bucharest’s economy. Visitors fly to Bucharest to see its historic architecture and to participate in the city’s lively cultural scene, which includes several museums, live theater, concerts, and an active nightlife scene. 

Among Bucharest’s most recognizable landmarks is the Palace of the Parliament, an enormous neoclassical building built in the 1980s by Romania’s then communist autocrat Nicolae Ceausescu. At nearly 4 million square feet, the Palace of the Parliament is the world’s largest government building, containing 1,100 rooms. It is also the world’s most expensive government building, having cost more than 4 billion euros to build. The building was designed and built by 700 architects and more than 100,000 workers over a period of 13 years.

Other significant Bucharest landmarks include the Memorial of Rebirth, built in 1995. The marble pillar commemorates the deaths of those who fought in Romania’s Revolution in 1989, which resulted in the fall of the communist regime.

Visitors who fly to Bucharest also come to the city to learn about Romania’s traditional culture. The Museum of the Romania Peasant is home to exhibits of textiles, artifacts, clothing, pottery, religious icons, and musical instruments that have been a part of rural Romanians’ lives for centuries. 

The Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum is a living history museum that depicts traditional Romanian rural life. It is home to nearly 300 farmhouses and other buildings, including a traditional wooden church, that have been moved to the site from across the country.

Because Bucharest is a hub for education in Eastern Europe, many students take cheap flights to Bucharest in order to attend university there. Sixteen of the city’s 34 universities are public, allowing access to higher education to any student who can meet admission standards. The city’s largest public university is the University of Bucharest, founded in 1864. The University of Bucharest has more than 31,000 students and a faculty of more than 1,300.

Bucharest’s other public universities include the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy; the Technical University of Civil Engineering; the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration; and the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest.