Friday, 30 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights

The fallout: view from a travel agent in Bulgaria
Quest Bulgaria Property Magazine
However the law, when drafted was meant as a guideline when airlines themselves had individual delays or cancelled flights and not when force majeure kicked ...

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights

Sofia Echo
Bourgas airport to offer regular flights to 17 destinations in summer 2010
Sofia Echo
Bulgaria's Black Sea Bourgas airport will join its Varna counterpart, both owned by Fraport, by providing flights to 17 destinations for the upcoming summer ...

Sunday, 25 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights News

Chess #634
Sify
But getting to Bulgaria from Germany involves several border crossings. A rail journey involves several changes and takes about 30 hours. ...

Bulgaria Flights

Holiday Lines boosts summer flights to Barcelona
Jerusalem Post
By BRIAN BLONDY The six weekly flights to the Spanish seaside resort represent a 50 percent increase compared to last year. The Tel Aviv-based travel agency ...

Friday, 23 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights Update

Sofia Echo
Opening gambit
Sofia Echo
Among them, reigning world chess champion Viswanathan Anand, making his way to Bulgaria to defend his crown on the home soil of challenger Vesselin Topalov. ...

Thursday, 22 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights News

Sofia Echo
Recriminations, anger and political pressure as airlines refuse to compensate ...
Sofia Echo
... Munich, Milan, Vienna, Kazan, and Venice are being serviced normally. There are no reports about flights being cancelled to or from Bulgaria for the moment.

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights

European flights resume amid backlog
Montreal Gazette
Switzerland, France, the United Kingdom, and Hungary opened their airspace on Tuesday, as did Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Turkey, the Czech Republic and ...
Sofia Echo
European airspace opens as efforts to tackle massive backlog begin
Sofia Echo
In the UK, all airports are open, flights are being conducted over Bulgaria as well. Danish authorities say that their airspace will be open until 11am ...

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights News

Volcano forces soccer travel by road, rail
The Associated Press
The chess world championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, may be affected. The match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Veselin Topalov of ...

News - Bulgaria

Sofia Airport: Regular run of several flights resumed
Focus News
At 8:10 pm (local Bulgarian time) on April 19, 2010, the air space over Bulgaria was opened for aircrafts. The regular run of several flights for 20.04.2010 ...

Bulgaria Flights

Some open, most still closed
The South African Star
Britain: British airspace closed to flights until midnight GMT last night at the earliest. Bulgaria: Sofia, Plovdiv and Burgas airports open. ...

Bulgaria Flights

Eruption surge sends new ash cloud towards Britain
Sydney Morning Herald
Authorities in Sweden, Croatia, Hungary and the Czech Republic announced the resumption of flights. Romania and Bulgaria announced their airspace had been ...
Seven Sided Cube
News Update: First European Airports Reopen to Restricted Traffic
Seven Sided Cube
... Press (AP) has reported that airports in Portugal, Spain, the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey returned to business for flights on Monday. ...

Monday, 19 April 2010

Bulgaria News

Lufthansa gets permission to fly passengers home
The Associated Press
Eurocontrol said Monday that southern Europe was mostly open for flights =97 including Portugal, Spain, parts of Italy and France, the Balkans, Bulgaria, ...
Chessbase News
World Championship news: Anand on his way to Sofia
Chessbase News
... whose trip to the Bulgarian capital was interrupted by the cancellation of all flights to, from and over European airspace (just after the Champion had ...

News - Bulgaria

A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash
The Associated Press
Iceland: Flights to UK and mainland Europe suspended indefinitely; flights to US operating normally. Bulgaria: Reopened airspace for flights above 26000 ...
Airlines slam European leaders for response to volcanic ash cloud; UK sends ...
USA Today
AP notes IATA says "safety is our top priority," though Bisignani adds in group's statement that its member airlines have run test flights with no problems ...
Times LIVE
ACSA awaits word on flights
Times LIVE
Agencies reported that airspace in southern Europe, Portugal, Spain, parts of Italy, France, the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, and parts of northern ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Volcanic ash cloud: latest travel news
Telegraph.co.uk
Bulgaria partially reopened its airspace from 11.00 on Sunday. Croatia: nearly all airports, including in the capital Zagreb, reopened on Sunday. ...

Bulgaria Flights News

Washington Post
First European airports reopen to limited traffic
Washington Post
Airports in Portugal, Spain, the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey were open for flights on Monday, the Associated Press reported. ...
Sofia Echo
Latest update on European airports chaos
Sofia Echo
Bulgaria Air resumed some of its flights on April 19, to Moscow, Madrid and Vienna, while other destinations are also expected to follow. ...
BA jumbo completes Atlantic test flight
The Press Association
The British flag carrier was among a handful of European airlines which sent up aircraft on test flights on Sunday and was staged "in line with action taken ...
Volcanic Cloud Continues to Jam Europe Air Traffic
Novinite.com
Bulgaria =96 Sofia and Plovdiv airports have been open since 11 am GMT (2 pm Bulgarian time). The Bulgarian airports are closed. Transit flights at a height ...
Less than third of flights expected in Europe
Forbes
The air traffic control agency said Monday that airspace in southern Europe, including Portugal, Spain, parts of Italy and France, the Balkans, Bulgaria, ...

Bulgaria Flights News

30% of Europe flights to fly
Straits Times
The areas still open to civil aviation include Portugal, Spain, parts of Italy and France, the Balkan area, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, as well as parts of ...
Sofia Echo
Air travel misery over Europe to continue
Sofia Echo
Bulgaria Air flights and Wizz Air will be flying to Rome, while Bulgaria Air will be flying to Madrid. Additionally, a cancelled Bulgaria Air flight from ...
UK sends warships to rescue stranded Britons
The Associated Press
... Spain, parts of Italy and France, the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, and parts of northern Europe were currently open for flights. ...
Sky News
Volcano Air Chaos: Latest Travel Information
Sky News
A further nine have partial closures: Italy, Norway, Bulgaria, Poland, Sweden, France, Romania, Lativia and Denmark. The The Foreign Office has launched a ...

News - Bulgaria

Airlines see no damage from ash
Detroit Free Press
The microscopic but potentially menacing volcanic grit began closing airports from Ireland to Bulgaria on Thursday, stranding countless passengers and ...

Bulgaria Flights Update

Europe Braces for More Canceled Flights, and Frustrations Mount
DailyFinance
... southern Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey are open," according to Eurocontrol's Sunday night update, "and flights are taking place in these areas. ...
Volcanic ashes add to central, eastern European airlines' financial woes
Xinhua
Bulgaria sold its flag carrier, Bulgarian Airlines, in 2006, so its eventual losses will not pose any threat to its fiscal deficit. ...

Sunday, 18 April 2010

Bulgaria News

Factbox: European airports and airspace closed by ash cloud
Reuters
British Airways cancels all Monday flights. BULGARIA - Sofia and Plovdiv airports open as of 1100 GMT Sunday. Other airports closed. ...

Bulgaria Flights Update

A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash
Newsday (subscription)
Here is a glance of the flight disruptions and airspace closures across Europe and beyond, caused by a lingering volcanic ash plume drifting from Iceland. ...

Bulgaria Flights News

EU says half of normal flights may run Monday
The Associated Press
The ash began spewing from an Icelandic volcano Wednesday and has drifted across most of Europe, shutting down airports as far south and east as Bulgaria.
Update on volcanic disruptions, early Sunday afternoon
Dallas Morning News (blog)
Southern Europe, including parts of Spain, Portugal, the southern Balkan area, southern Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey remain open and flights are ...

Bulgaria News

Sofia Echo
Some flights leave from Sofia and Plovdiv airport
Sofia Echo
Flights to Moscow, Athens and Larnaka have departed from Sofia airport, according to the latest information on the airport's information site. ...
Volcanic ash grounds some Miami-to-Europe flights
Sun-Sentinel
The ash that has been spewing from a volcano in Iceland since Wednesday has covered most of Europe, shutting down airports as far east and south as Bulgaria ...

News - Bulgaria

European airlines send up test flights despite ash
The Associated Press
... shutting down airports as far south and east as Bulgaria. Air France, Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines have also sent up test flights, although most ...
Eurocontrol says disruption spreading
Irish Times
... but flights were taking place in southern Europe, including parts of Spain and Portugal, the southern Balkans, southern Italy, Bulgaria, ...
Germany reopens several airports for some flights
Deutsche Welle
Flight bans had been imposed in Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine as well as northern Italy and northern Serbia, Eurocontrol said. ...

Bulgaria Flights

Eurocontrol: 84% of flights in Europe are cancelled
Focus News
... their air space over the volcanic ash cloud. Flights are performed in some regions of Spain, Portugal, the Balkans, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.

Bulgaria News

Stranded travelers have days to wait
Gadling (blog)
Those countries that have closed down their airspace entirely include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, ...
Airports across Balkans close due to volcanic ash
Southeast European Times
Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, most of Croatia and the northern part of Bulgaria closed their airspace to flights. ...

News - Bulgaria

Bulgaria partly opens airspace for flights
Reuters AlertNet
SOFIA, April 18 (Reuters) - Bulgaria opened Sofia and Plovdiv airports at 1100 GMT on Sunday and allowed transit flights over the country at 8000 metres ...

Bulgaria Flights

Bulgarian air space closed on Sunday April 18
Sofia Echo
All air traffic over Bulgaria was halted at 9am on April 18, the Bulgarian Transport Ministry has announced. The Transport Ministry also said that all air ...

Bulgaria News

Aljazeera.net
Flight Cancellation Updates
Aljazeera.net
British Airways cancels all Sunday flights. Bulgaria - Airspace closed as of 0600 GMT on Sunday. Denmark - Airspace closed until at least 2400 GMT on Sunday ...

Bulgaria Flights

Factbox: Airports and airspace closed by ash cloud
Reuters
BRITAIN - Airspace closed until at least 4 pm ET Sunday. British Airways cancels all Sunday flights. BULGARIA - Airspace closed as of 2 am ET Sunday. ...
RTE.ie
Live - Travel Updates
RTE.ie
BRITAIN - Airspace closed until at least 7pm. British Airways cancels all of today's flights. BULGARIA - Airspace closed as of 7am this morning. ...

Bulgaria Flights Update

Volcano Grounds Saturday Flights
CityNews
The volcano erupted Friday, building up a cloud which now reaches from the Atlantic to Moscow and from the Arctic Circle to Bulgaria. ...

Saturday, 17 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights

Factbox: Airspace and airports closed by ash cloud
Reuters
Limited flights from Scotland and Northern Ireland and a chance of arrivals and departures at Manchester and Liverpool during the morning. BULGARIA - Sofia ...
Tourists stranded by flights cancellation
The Tribune
Up to press time yesterday, airports in Britain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Austria, Finland, northern France, Egypt, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, ...

Bulgaria Flights News

euronews
The air disaster fears sparking Europe's flight ban
euronews
... Europe: Portugal, Spain, southern Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. Under one third of the 22000 European flights scheduled for today are operational. ...

Bulgaria Flights Update

Schiphol Airport remains closed
Radio Netherlands
Only airports in southern Europe are open, they include Spain, the southern Balkans, southern Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. ...

Bulgaria News

Volcanic ash cloud grounds flights across Europe
Times Online
Only Portugal, Spain, southern France, southern Italy, the southern Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey are taking flights. The latest Nats statement read: ...

Bulgaria Flights

16000 flights cancelled in Europe on Saturday: Eurocontrol
Economic Times
"Southern Europe -- including Spain, the southern Balkan area, southern Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey -- remain open and flights are taking place in ...
Focus News
Sofia airport cancels more flights
Focus News
So far the canceled flights are: Flight to Rome of Bulgaria Air company took off according to schedule and is expected to return back to Sofia at 1:40pm ...
Irish Times
Volcanic ash forces closure of Irish airspace until 6pm
Irish Times
... central Europe, but flights were taking place in southern Europe, including Spain, the southern Balkans, southern Italy, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. ...
All But 2 Outbound Sofia Airport Flights Canceled over Volcanic Cloud
Novinite.com
The same goes for the two Bulgaria Air charter flights to Cairo, Egypt, scheduled to take off at 17:30 and 17:40. Media access to information about the ...

Bulgaria Flights

Europe airspace remains closed, flight bans extended
Times of India
Britain lengthened a ban on most flights in its airspace until 0000 GMT Sunday, as the ash cloud that has caused the biggest airspace shutdown since World ...

Bulgaria Flights

Airlines Plan to Repatriate Travelers
Wall Street Journal
More than half of the region's scheduled flights and trans-Atlantic services were canceled Friday, with the International Air Transport Association ...

Friday, 16 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights

Globe and Mail
List of airports shut down by ash cloud
Globe and Mail
No further details of flight plans were available on BA's website. BULGARIA - Sofia airport open but flights to western Europe cancelled. ...

Bulgaria Flights

Headlines: Japan Airlines: Cancelled 13 Flights To Europe Due To Iceland Volcano
Los Angeles News Today
The volcano that erupted on Wednesday in Iceland has caused widespread air traffic chaos across Europe including in Bulgaria, but is there a possibility of ...

Bulgaria Flights

Novinite.com
Iceland Volcanic Cloud No Threat for Bulgaria
Novinite.com
Many flights to and from Bulgaria's capital Sofia were also canceled on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of passengers have been affected and severe ...

Bulgaria Flights News

Airlines Are Grounded as Ash Clouds Spread Across Europe
Wall Street Journal
More than half of Europe's regularly scheduled commercial flights were expected to remain grounded Friday as many of the regions busiest airline routes will ...
Plamen Stanchev comments on the current air traffic situation
Focus News
Plamen Stanchev: There are six flights that have been cancelled at Sofia Airport =96 three serviced by Bulgaria Air, the morning flights to Amsterdam, ...

Bulgaria Flights Update

Air Travel Chaos Sends Businesses Scrambling
New York Times
The continued grounding of most flights in northern Europe forced suppliers to seek alternative delivery routes for high-value components and perishables ...

Bulgaria Flights News

AFP
Britain extends flight ban after Iceland volcano
AFP
The cloud now extends from the Atlantic to the Russian capital and from the Arctic Circle to Austria and Bulgaria in southern Europe. ...
Bulgaria Declares National Mourning on Kaczynski Funeral Day
Novinite.com
Bulgaria will mourn the casualties of the Smolensk plane crash on April 18, Sunday, the day of the funeral of late Polish President Lech Kaczynski. ...

Bulgaria Flights News

Sofia airport cancels flights to London, Warsaw, Paris, Cologne
Focus News
Sofia airport has canceled flights to London departing at 14.00 of Bulgaria Air airline, four flights to Frankfurt Lufthansa, Spanair, TAP, United, a flight ...

News - Bulgaria

Volcanic ash likely to ground flights across Europe over the weekend
Sofia Echo
The Sofia Airport has confirmed that flights to and from Germany are cancelled. A Wizz Air flight bound from Dortmund and a Bulgaria Air flight inbound from ...
Novinite.com
Iceland Volcano Brings Bulgaria Air Traffic to Standstill
Novinite.com
Flights to and from the other two major Bulgarian airports =96 in the Black Sea cities of Varna and Burgas have also been cancelled Friday. ...

Bulgaria Flights

Bulgarian Flights to Skopje scheduled for three times a week
Balkans.com Business News
Bulgaria Air is launching 2 weekly services to Skopje FYR Macedonia as of June 2010. Departures from Sofia will be Sundays and Thursdays and from Skopje ...

Thursday, 15 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights News

Volcanic ash over Europe cancels flights to and from Brussels
Focus News
Bulgaria Air flights =96 FB 407A to Brussels (it departs from Sofia Airport at 5:50 pm) and the return flight FB 408A from Brussels (it arrives at 11:55 pm) ...

Bulgaria Flights News

Sofia airport cancels flights from and to London and to Brussels
Focus News
A Bulgaria Air flight from Sofia to Brussels has been cancelled. It was to take off at 5:50 pm local time, the airport says on its website. ...

Bulgaria Flights Update

Bulgaria Flights to UK Cancelled over Volcanic Cloud
Novinite.com
Flights from Bulgaria to the UK have been cancelled for the whole of Thursday afternoon due to volcanic ash. Airline passengers are facing massive ...

Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights News

Standart News
Bulgaria's Government Aircraft to Be Sold for $2,5M
Standart News
... with the Polish president Pencho Penchev - director general of Bulgaria's Aviation Squad 28 issued an order for suspending the flights of Bulgarian high ...

Monday, 12 April 2010

Bulgaria News

Bulgaria grounds presidential plane after Polish crash
Inquirer.net
"Flights by the presidential plane have been suspended. Currently flights by all planes of this type are suspended until the technical cause of the accident ...

Sunday, 11 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights Update

Bulgaria Presidential Plane Banned from Flying after Polish Crash
Novinite.com
Starting April 1, 2010, however, the Bulgarian civic aviation authorities banned the flights with the plane as the respective pilots could not the ...

Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Bulgaria Flights

Direct flights from Bulgaria's Capital to Qatar start in October 2010
VisitBulgaria.net (press release)
Bulgarian and Qatar's transport ministers signed an agreement concerning the establishment of the flight line. According to Borisov, the new airline will ...