GullivAir ( bg, Гъливер) is a Bulgarian airline headquartered in

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History

Gullivair Airbus A330 LZ-AWZ at Sofia Airport 2021

GullivAir received its operational license from Bulgarian authorities in September 2020simpleflying.com - GullivAir – The Bulgarian Startup Hoping To Fly A330s To New York
16 December 2020 and started operations with a single

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inherited from

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with ad hoc charter services in autumn 2020. They have started regular scheduled charters from Bulgaria and Romania to long-haul destinations in the

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and the

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from December 2020 and also applied to start flights to

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. The airline also announced plans to phase in additional

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s and

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aircraft. GullivAir's first scheduled destination out of Sofia became Burgas. The inauguration flight took place on 15th of August 2021. The airline will inaugurate international flights to Skopje and Albania from the end of March 2022. The airline also plans adding domestic flights to Ruse.

Destinations

Fleet

As of July 2022, GullivAir operates the following aircraft:

References

External links

Official website
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