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.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 2002 as a successor to the insolvent Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. By the 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 in December 2002 taking over responsibility for flights from the collapsed national carrier Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. Bulgaria Air was set to be privatized in 2005 and although the government wanted to sell the carrier to a major foreign investor, a union of locally-owned companies, led by Hemus Air, emerged as a likely buyer.
The Name:
Jury with members: Vezhdi Rashidov, Chairman of the Jury, Bozhidar Ikonomov, Prof. Hristo Haralampiev, Director of the Bulgarian Artists’ Union, Svetlin Rousev and Todor Bachev, evaluated the projects, which were received after the announcement of a competition for the logo of the new National Aircraft Company “Bulgaria Air”.
Jury with members: Tosho Toshev, Chief Editor of “Trud” newspaper, Liuba Rizova, “News” Director of BTV, Andrey Raychev, Vezhdi Rashidov, Nery Terzieva and Liuben Dilov Jr. made the final decision on the proposals for the company’s name. According to a survey, done by “Galup International”, “Bulgaria Air” received the greatest number of votes.
Bulgaria Air” owns eight ”Boeing 737“ aircraft.
7 Boeing 737 300 registration: LZ – BOH, LZ – BOG, LZ – BOJ, LZ – BOK, LZ – BOL, LZ – BOM, LZ – BON 1 Boeing 737 500 registration: LZ – BOI
The codes:
LZB is the three-letter code under which “Bulgaria Air” is registered in ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).
FB is the two-letter code under which “Bulgaria Air” is registered in IATA (International Air Transport Association).
[edit] Services
Bulgaria Air operates services to the following international scheduled destinations (September 2006) from its hub Sofia:
From Varna to:
From Bourgas to:
[edit] Fleet
The Bulgaria Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at September 2006):
Bulgaria Air average fleet age is 13.5 years old in July 2006.
[edit] External links
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