Romania's national airline Tarom offers a 15 percent discount on its tickets to Malev passengers with tickets issued by the bankrupt Hungarian company before February 3. Passengers with Malev tickets can also trade their Budapest ticket for another Tarom destination in Transilvania: Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Satu-Mare, Târgu Mureş, Oradea, Baia Mare.

Tarom was not the only airline which took advantage of the Malev bankruptcy. Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will open 31 new routes from Budapest. Low-cost company Wizz Air also announced it will invest USD 100 million to expand operations in Budapest and will resume flights from Bucharest to the Hungarian capital after Malev stopped all flights.

Malev went bankrupt last week week for unpaid debts totaling USD 270 million. Malev ran 22 flights a week to and from Bucharest. The decision to stop all flights was precipitated by two Malev flights being grounded in Israel and Ireland for non payment of debts.

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