The Beginning:

November 2002: At the order of the minister of Transport and Telecommunications of the Republic of Bulgaria, “Bulgaria Air” was declared a National Airline with regards to the destination lines: France, The Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Arabia, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Holland, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Italy, Russia and Israel.

“Bulgaria Air” Aircraft Company was included in the international reservation systems Amadeus and Galileo.

04.12.2002: The first flight of “Bulgaria Air” was carried out in the direction Sofia – London – Paris with 60 passengers on board.

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.

The Aircrafts:

“Bulgaria Air” owns eight ”Boeing 737“ aircrafts.

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).