Bulgaria became a member of the EU on 1 January 2007. The same day, neighbour Romania also became a member. Curiously, traffic had already doubled at the country’s main airport in Sofia between 2001 and 2006. In 2007 demand grew by more than 20% while the following year passenger numbers again increased by almost 20%. […]
March 6, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Bulgaria is the 10th largest country in the EU and has a population of just under seven million people. It is about half the size of neighbouring Romania and also shares a border with Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey, as well as having a coast on the Black Sea. Its GDP per Capita is […]
September 20, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
SWISS added four new routes at the start of the summer season from its Zurich hub including Vilnius in Lithuania on Wednesday 30 March. The 1,410-kilometre sector will be flown 2-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays using a mix of SWISS’s own A220-100s and A220-300s as well as partner Helvetic’s E190s and E195s. No other carrier […]
April 5, 2022 | Latest Route News +
GullivAir (IATA code G2) on Saturday 26 March began 2-weekly service between Sofia in Bulgaria and Skopje in North Macedonia. Flights on the relatively short 170-kilometre sector will operate every Monday and Saturday using the airline’s fleet of three ATR 72-600s. These two airports were last connected on a regular basis by Bulgaria Air between […]
March 29, 2022 | Latest Route News +
On Sunday 15 August a new domestic service in Bulgaria was launched by GullivAir between Sofia and Burgas. The inaugural service on the 340-kilometre route (flight number G2 211, operated by an ATR 72-600 registration LZ-DAJ) departed Sofia at 18:05 local time and arrived in Burgas 52 minutes later at 18:57 with 36 passengers on […]
August 17, 2021 | Latest Route News +
On Sunday 27 June, easyJet operated its first ever flight to the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Burgas. The flight originated in Berlin and will operate 2-weekly (Fridays and Sundays) during the rest of the summer. Competition on the route comes from German carrier Sundair, which also serves the route 2-weekly (on Mondays and Wednesdays). […]
June 30, 2021 | Latest Route News +