Low-cost airline Wizz Air carried 14.5 million passengers to and from Romania in 2025, an increase of 13% year-on-year and 2026 plans include launch of more than 30 new routes from 10 local airports.
Demand for industrial and logistics space increased by 51 percent in 2025, reaching 1.275 million square meters, the second-highest level in the modern history of the local market, as per data from real estate consultancy company Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Mass Global Energy Rom, part of Iraq's Mass Group Holding, the owner of the Mintia gas-fired power plant in Hunedoara, plans to develop in Romania a new investment in BESS (Battery Energy Storage System)-type electricity storage capacities in Romania, worth approximately 1 billion euros.
Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 1.6% in unadjusted data and by 2% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in December 2025 compared to December 2024, the country’s statistical office INS said on Thursday (Feb. 5).
Romania’s modern retail market exceeded the 5 million square meters milestone in 2025, following the delivery of approximately 190,000 square meters of new retail space, around 20% above the average of the past five years, according to Colliers’ annual report.