Bulgarian Air Charter

Bulgarian Air Charter
Българиан Ер Чартер
IATA ICAO Callsign
H6 BUC BULGARIAN CHARTER
Founded 2000
Focus cities
Fleet size 14[1]
Destinations Charters
Headquarters Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people Evgeniy Muzika,[2] CEO
Revenue Increase €57.8 million (2015)[3]
Net income Increase €7.9 million (2015)[4]
Website bgaircharter.com

Bulgarian Air Charter is a Bulgarian charter airline headquartered in Sofia and based at Sofia Airport.[5]

History

A former Bulgarian Air Charter Tupolev Tu-154

Bulgarian Air Charter was established in 2000 and started operations on 14 December 2000 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Aviation Service Group. It operates flights for several tour operators to destinations mostly in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Israel and Poland. Since the period the airline was founded it has transported more than 3.5 million passengers. At present the company has 330 employees.[6]

The airline started operations with five Tupolev Tu-154s. In 2004 the airline retired these aircraft and replaced them with seven McDonnell Douglas MD-80. By 2011 the Bulgarian Air Charter fleet had grown to 12 MD-80s.
In September 2015 Bulgarian Air Charter added its first Airbus A320-200 to their fleet.[7]

Destinations

Bulgarian Air Charter operates charter services on behalf of tour operators from European destinations to the Bulgarian Black Sea airports Burgas Airport and Varna Airport during the summer season and from Plovdiv Airport and Sofia Airport during the winter. The airline also operates additional occasional charter flights to further destinations throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Fleet

Current fleet

Bulgarian Air Charter McDonnell Douglas MD-82

As of November 2016, the Bulgarian Air Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft:[8]

Bulgarian Air Charter
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 10 — 164
Airbus A320-200 4[9] — 180
Total 14 —

As of November 2016, Bulgarian Air Charter is the largest remaining McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series operator in Europe.[10]

Former fleet

Bulgarian Air Charter also used to operate Tupolev Tu-154s which have been meanwhile phased out.[11] The airline also phased out its sole remaining McDonnell Douglas MD-83 during early 2016.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bgaircharter.com/index.php?page=22
  2. ↑ http://www.capital.bg/specialni_izdaniia/transport_spediciia_logistika/2015/10/19/2632123_top_10_-_vuzdushen_transport/
  3. ↑ http://www.capital.bg/k100/?y=2016&ranktype=K100%20-%20%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82#rating-menu
  4. ↑ http://www.capital.bg/k100/?y=2016&ranktype=K100%20-%20%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82#rating-menu
  5. ↑ Flight International 27 March 2007
  6. ↑ "Bulgarian Air Charter-About Us". Bulgarian Air Charter.
  7. ↑ "Bulgarian Air Charter". Airliner World: 7. November 2015.
  8. 1 2 planespotters.net - Bulgarian Air Charter Fleet Details and History retrieved 21 May 2016
  9. ↑ http://www.bgaircharter.com/index.php?page=22
  10. ↑ ch-aviation.com - Aircraft search by type
  11. ↑ md-80.com - Bulgarian Air Charter retrieved 21 May 2016

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