Bulgarian Air Charter is a charter airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It operates charter services for tour operators between the Bulgarian cities of Plovdiv, Sofia and Varna and European countries. Its main bases are Plovdiv Airport (PDV), Bourgas Airport (BOJ) and Varna International Airport (VAR). A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... The city of Sofia (Bulgarian: София), at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, has a population of 1,208,930 (2003), and is the biggest city and capital of the Republic of Bulgaria. ... Ancient Theater, Plovdiv International Fair, Plovdiv Plovdiv (Greek:Philippopolis, Φιλιππουπολης) is a city in Bulgaria and the capital of the Plovdiv Oblast (district). ... This article is about a city in Bulgaria. ...

Code Data

• ICAO Code: BUC
• Callsign: Bulgarian Charter

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History

The airline was established in 2000 and started operations on 14 December 2000. It is wholly owned by the Aviation Service Group. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Fleet

The Bulgarian Air Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2005): 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

• 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82
• 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83
• 5 Tupolev Tu-154M

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External Links

• Bulgarian Air Charter
• Bulgarian Air Charter McDonnell Douglas Fleet Detail