The Romanian civil aviation authority (Autoritatea Aeronautică Civilă Română - AACR) suspended the Air Operator's Certificate of Bees Airlines (E8, Bucharest Henri Coanda) on January 14, 2025. This follows the airline suspending all flight operations in late December 2024.
The Romanian carrier suspended its scheduled flights on December 20 and subsequently ferried its only aircraft, A320-200 YR-BUZ (msn 1922), to Varna on December 22. The Airbus narrowbody remains parked at that airport, although it is still registered in Romania and is on Bees Airlines' Operations Specifications (OpSpecs).
ch-aviation understands that Bees Airlines voluntarily surrendered the certificate.
The airline operated scheduled flights out of Bucharest Henri Coanda, Suceava, and, in Moldova, Chisinau International, but in recent months it was reportedly struggling to pay its staff as the demand for its flights was lower than expected.
