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HISTORY In 1910 the Romanian scientist Henri Coandă built the world's first jet engine and made important discoveries in aeronautics and physics, such as the Coanda Effect . Hermann Oberth was also a native Romanian, born in Sibiu . Along the 20th century Romania built military aircraft (the IAR-39 and IAR-80 before and during WWII and the IAR-93 and IAR-99 Şoim since the 70s), helicopters ( IAR 316 , IAR 330 - under Aerospatiale licence) as well as passenger aircraft ( ROMBAC 1-11 built under British Aircraft Corporation licence). The industrial facilities for aircraft building and maintenance are located in Bacǎu ( Aerostar S.A. ), Braşov ( IAR S.A. ), Craiova ( Avioane Craiova S.A. ) and Bucharest ( Romaero S.A. , Turbomecanica ). Dumitru Prunariu is the only Romanian astronaut who participated in a space mission ( Soyuz 40 - May 14, 1981). ROMANIAN AIR TRANSPORT OPERATORS
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AIRPORTS IN ROMANIA See Also: List of airports in Romania Romania has a well developed airport infrastructure compared to other countries in Eastern Europe . There are 17 commercial airports in service today, most of them opened for international traffic. Four of the airports (OTP, BBU, TSR, CND) have runways of over 3,200 m (10,500 ft) in length and are capable of handling Wide-body Aircraft . Three of the airports (BCM, CRA, SUJ) have runways of 2,500 m in length, while the rest of them have runways of 1,800 to 2,000 m. As of December 2006, TCE and CSB are the only airports with no regular flights. Almost all the airports have experienced traffic growth in the last 4 years. Here is the list of airports in Romania considering the passenger traffic criteria in 2005. While Tulcea airport's figures are released, they are not accurate. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Following the ascendent curve of the economy growth, the air transportation in , Chicago , Montreal and Beijing . In 2006 the company started a fleet update program with the acquisition of 4 new Airbus A318 airplanes. The first Romanian low-cost airline, Blue Air is going through a development phase, while other low cost airlines are ready to start their operations. There are many investment projects also in airport infrastructure: the upgrading of the existing airports (major rehabilitation programs for OTP, TSR, CLJ, CND, the airports with the most significant traffic growth) and the construction of three new airports in Braşov (the only large Romanian city without a commercial airport), Galaţi - Brăila (a 600,000 inhabitants urban area without airport access) and Deva - Alba Iulia (Southern Transylvania). Currently (dec. 2006) the most advanced project is the construction of the new Braşov Airport {Link without Title} , the construction site opening is planned for March 2007. The project consists of a 1 mil. passengers/year terminal and a runway of 2,800 m long. EXTERNAL LINKS
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