Airline Dan Air requests entry into insolvency / The company seeks protection from creditors

Medeea Stănescu

22 October 2026, 14:07

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Romanian airline Dan Air has officially requested insolvency proceedings and submitted a request to this effect to the Ilfov Tribunal, in order to benefit from protection against creditors. The case was registered on Thursday, but the court has not yet set a hearing date, according to Boardingpass.ro.

Company representatives claim that the proceedings will not affect the flight schedule. Dan Air operates regular commercial flights from Bucharest’s “Henri Coandă” Airport and Bacău’s “George Enescu” Airport to European destinations such as London, Dublin, Turin, Paris, and Dortmund, as well as to cities in the Middle East.

The company was founded in 2017 and became, in 2023, the first operator to operate scheduled flights from Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport. Subsequently, it moved its main operating base to Bacău, following disagreements regarding the schedule of the airport in Brașov.

According to its 2025 financial statement, Dan Air’s debts reached 126.3 million lei, compared with 90 million lei in 2024, according to Boardingpass.ro. Recently, Romanian company Animawings also requested insolvency proceedings, but the Bucharest Tribunal rejected its request. The decision is not final.

Context: The chain of problems in the Romanian aviation sector was preceded by developments in the AnimaWings case

Shortly beforehand, AnimaWings entered a series of legal stages related to insolvency: the company requested the opening of insolvency proceedings at the Bucharest Tribunal, but the court rejected its request, citing a lack of documents. Separately, requests submitted by several creditors were separated and given a later hearing date, November 11, 2026.

As a result of the proceedings, AnimaWings initially suspended all its flights until October 25, with the measure subsequently extended until November 15. In parallel, adjustments emerged in the charter area: Christian Tour announced that flights affected by AnimaWings' insolvency would be taken over by other carriers, specifying that customers' holiday packages were proceeding as planned.

Subsequently, the company filed another insolvency request, registered on October 20, 2026, with a hearing scheduled for October 28, following the earlier rejection.