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Paving the way for the future of deliveries - Dronamics cargo drone takes first flight

Dronamics successfully completed first flight of the Black Swan, at Balchik airport in Bulgaria; demonstrating the potential for the logistics industry to enhance efficiency in the transportation of products. Born out of two brothers’ desire to find a quicker, greener and more affordable way to deliver goods, Dronamics is on a mission to enable same day delivery for everyone,...

FCG OPS develops stations in Bulgaria

FCG OPS continues the development of its ground handling network and announced the appointment of Vladimir Zlatanov as country manager in Bulgaria. The company has already been providing a full range of airport ground handling services in Bulgaria, including Sofia (LBSF), Burgas (LBBG) and Varna (LBWN) and appointment of the country manager is the next step of development in or...

DRONAMICS Black Swan UAV – ushering in a new era for the global freight industry

Like black swans, the ability to fly cargo at the cost of road freight has long been considered impossible to exist. 7 of december at 19:30 CET, at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria, DRONAMICS revealed to the world The Black Swan - an advanced unmanned airplane that is the most fuel-efficient cargo airplane ever built. Deceptively simple, the Black Swan isn’t just another UAV, it’s a w...

Lufthansa Technik Sofia further expands capacities in Bulgaria

With eight bays largest base maintenance facility in Eastern Europe The leading provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, Lufthansa Technik, is expanding its capacity with a new hangar, office and multifunctional building at Sofia Airport becoming the largest base maintenance facility in Eastern Europe. Bulgarian subsidiary Lufthansa Technik Sofia will be also the largest...

Bulgarian fighter replacement plan given go-ahead

The Bulgarian government gave the long-delayed go-ahead to a new fighter procurement on 30 March, which will eventually see 16 aircraft acquired to replace the air force’s ageing Russian fleet. An acquisition plan for an affordable Western multi-role design to replace Sofia’s fleet of Russian Mikoyan MiG-29 ‘Fulcrums’ and Sukhoi Su-25 ‘Frogfoots’ has been app...

Ryanair To Open New Sofia Base (No 83)

Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline announced it will open a new base at Sofia Airport (No 83), from 30th October, with 3 aircraft (an investment of $300m) and 21 new routes, which will deliver over 1.5m customers p.a. and support 1,100 “on-site” jobs. Ryanair’s Sofia 2016 schedule will deliver: · 3 based aircraft ($300m) · 21 new routes: Athens, B...

Bulgaria retires last MiG-21 fighters

The Bulgarian air force on 18 December held a ceremony to mark the retirement of its last Mikoyan MiG-21 fighters. Involving the nation's last three serviceable examples – two single-seat MiG-21bis's and a two-seat MiG-21UM1 trainer – the event marked the end of regular flight operations, although the former pair will remain available to conduct quick reaction alert sorties...

Airplane landed in Bulgaria after bomb threat

An airplane performed an emergency landing at the airport in the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas after a passenger on board claimed a bomb had been planted on the aircraft. The airplane was conducting a charter flight between the Polish capital of Warsaw and the Egyptian city of Hurghada, the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) informs. Following the bomb threat, the crew demanded an emer...

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