Bulgaria Air
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| Bulgaria Air | ||
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| IATA FB |
ICAO LZB |
Callsign FLYING BULGARIA |
| Founded | 2002 | |
| Hubs | Sofia Airport Varna Airport |
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| Frequent flyer program | Frequent Flyer | |
| Fleet size | 11 | |
| Destinations | 27 (16 Countries) | |
| Parent company | State owned | |
| Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Key people | Jordan Karamalakov, Zlatin Sarastov, Konstantin Taskov, Rumen Andreev, Georgi Todorov (Board of Directors) | |
| Website: http://www.air.bg | ||
Bulgaria Air is the state-owned national airline carrier of Bulgaria, based in the capital, Sofia. In 2006 the airline was taken over by Hemus Air.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 2002 as a successor to the insolvent Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. By order of the Minister of Transportation and Communications it was declared flag carrier in November 2002, thus being granted licence to operate some of the most profitable destinations. It started operations on 4 December 2002. The name and logo were determined by a public competition[1]. Bulgaria Air was privatized in 2006; although it was rumoured that the government wanted to sell the carrier to a major foreign investor, a union of locally-owned companies, led by Hemus Air, emerged as the buyer with Italian Air One being the only other contender[2]. Hemus Air reportedly paid Euro 6.6m and promised to invest a further Euro 86m over the next five years[3]. It is seeking to acquire up to 15 new aircraft to expand activities in Bulgaria as a result [4].
[edit] Services
Bulgaria Air operates services to the following international scheduled destinations (September 2006) from its hub Sofia[5]:
From Varna to:
From Bourgas to:
[edit] Fleet
The Bulgaria Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007)[6]:
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