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European Air Charter (Bulgarian: Юръпиън еър чартър)[4][5] (formerly Bulgarian Air Charter)[5] is a Bulgarian charter airline headquartered in Sofia.[6]

European Air Charter
Юръпиън еър чартър

IATA ICAO Callsign H6 BUC EUROCHARTER
Founded	As Bulgarian Air Charter in 2000; 22 years ago (2000) As European Air Charter in May 2021; 1 year ago (2021-05)
Focus cities	Burgas Airport[1] Varna Airport[1]
Fleet size	16[2]
Destinations	46 (charter)[1]
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people	Apik Garabedian
Revenue	€82 million (2017)[3]
Net income	€8.4 million (2017)[3]
Website	euaircharter.com

History

European Air Charter was established as Bulgarian Air Charter 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. The company has 330 employees.[7] The airline has its own maintenance unit which has capabilities on McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series and Boeing 737 Classic series aircraft covering airframe, engines and landing gear services and overhaul of aircraft components.[8] 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 its fleet.[9]

In May 2021, Bulgarian Air Charter announced it was changing its name to European Air Charter.[5][4]

Destinations

European Air Charter operates to the following destinations (as of August 2021):[1]

Country	City	Airport	Notes
Armenia	Yerevan	Zvartnots International Airport
Austria	Graz	Graz Airport
	Linz	Linz Airport
	Salzburg	Salzburg Airport
	Vienna	Vienna International Airport
Bulgaria	Burgas	Burgas Airport	Hub
	Varna	Varna Airport	Hub
Czech Republic	Brno	Brno–Tuřany Airport
	Ostrava	Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava
	Pardubice	Pardubice Airport
	Prague	Václav Havel Airport Prague
Denmark	Billund	Billund Airport
	Copenhagen	Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup
Estonia	Tallinn	Tallinn Airport
Finland	Tampere	Tampere–Pirkkala Airport
Germany	Berlin	Berlin Brandenburg Airport
	Cologne/Bonn	Cologne Bonn Airport
	Dortmund	Dortmund Airport
	Dresden	Dresden Airport
	Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf Airport
	Frankfurt	Frankfurt Airport
	Hamburg	Hamburg Airport
	Hannover	Hannover Airport
	Leipzig	Leipzig/Halle Airport
	Munich	Munich Airport
	Nuremberg	Nuremberg Airport
	Paderborn	Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
	Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken Airport
	Stuttgart	Stuttgart Airport
Hungary	Budapest	Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
	Debrecen	Debrecen International Airport
Israel	Tel Aviv	Ben Gurion Airport
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwait International Airport
Poland	Bydgoszcz	Bydgoszcz Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport
	Katowice	Katowice Wojciech Korfanty Airport
	Kraków	Kraków John Paul II International Airport
	Łódź	Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport
	Poznań	Poznań–Ławica Airport
	Rzeszów	Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport
	Warsaw	Warsaw Chopin Airport
	Wrocław	Copernicus Airport Wrocław
Slovakia	Bratislava	Bratislava Airport
	Košice	Košice International Airport
	Poprad	Poprad–Tatry Airport
	Sliač	Sliač Airport
Sweden	Stockholm	Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Switzerland France Germany	Basel Mulhouse Freiburg	EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg

Fleet

Current fleet

As of September 2022, the European Air Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2][10]

European Air Charter fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Airbus A320-200	8	—	180
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	8	—	164	Second-to-last European operator of the MD-82 alongside ALK Airlines.[11]
Total	16	—

Former fleet

European Air Charter also used to operate Tupolev Tu-154s which have since been phased out.[12]

See also

• List of airlines of Bulgaria

References

External links

Media related to Bulgarian Air Charter at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] European Air Charter

European Air Charter ist eine bulgarische Charterfluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Sofia und Basis auf dem Flughafen Sofia.

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- [en] European Air Charter (Bulgarian airline)

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[es] Bulgarian Air Charter

European Air Charter, antes conocida como Bulgarian Air Charter (en búlgaro: Българиан еър чартър), es una aerolínea chárter búlgara con base en el Aeropuerto de Sofia. Opera servicios para operadores turísticos desde las ciudades de Varna y Burgas hacia destinos turísticos en el Mar Negro en el verano, y hacia Sofia y Plovdiv en invierno.[2]

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[fr] Bulgarian Air Charter

Bulgarian Air Charter (en Bulgare Българиан еър чартър) est une compagnie aérienne bulgare, dont le siège est à Sofia.

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[it] European Air Charter

European Air Charter, fino al maggio 2021 Bulgarian Air Charter, è una compagnia aerea charter bulgara con quartier generale a Sofia e hub all'aeroporto di Sofia.

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[ru] European Air Charter

European Air Charter (болг. Юропиън Еър Чартър, Юропиан Эйр Чартер), ранее известная как Болгариан Эйр Чартер (англ. Bulgarian Air Charter) — чартерная авиакомпания, базирующаяся в Софии, Болгария.

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