Two airports serve the ever-popular Black Sea area of Bulgaria: Varna and Burgas. Located around 120 kilometres south of Varna, Burgas was the larger of the pair in 2022 – just as it has been in most years. It welcomed 1.64 million passengers against 1.48 million for Varna. Curiously, the reverse was true of the […]
August 24, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Air Serbia continued to expand its network on Monday 5 June with the introduction of flights between Belgrade and Varna on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast. It marks the route’s resumption for the first time since 2016. The 630-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, using a 72-seat ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft. The […]
June 14, 2023 | Latest Route News +
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
Volotea (IATA code V7) made Varna in Bulgaria the newest destination on its network when it launched weekly service from Lille in France on Tuesday 17 May. The 2,040-kilometre route faces no competition and will be flown using the airline’s A319s every Tuesday until 4 October. According to Cirium data, back in the summer of […]
May 24, 2022 | Latest Route News +
During the pandemic, Russia’s airlines and airports have seen demand recover more quickly than in many other regions of the world. In part, this is due to having a massive domestic market. In most countries restrictions on domestic travel have been much less onerous than those placed on international travel. Russia also has a number […]
November 25, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Russian carrier Azimuth Airways began a weekly service between Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia and Varna in Bulgaria on Wednesday 14 July. The 1,060-kilometre route is not served by any other carrier. The inaugural service (flight A4 293 operated by Sukhoi Superjet 100-95LR registration RA-89036) departed the Russian city at 09:57 local time and touched down […]
July 19, 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 +