Airbus Updates No.4032

 

1st Airbus A220 for Bulgaria Air delivered

On 16 June 2023, Airbus delivered the first Airbus A220 to Bulgaria Air. The aircraft in question is A220-300 LZ-ROM (55226) and will soon be ferried from the Airbus-plant at Mirabel in Canada to Sofia in Bulgaria.

Last March, the airline announced it has signed leases for three A220-300s but the exact details remained a bit unclear until now. According to the press-release from Airbus, Bulgaria Air will lease a total of five A220-300s and two A220-100s from Air Lease Corporation.

Bulgaria Air will use the seven aircraft to replace its current fleet of two A319s and five A320s.

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Airbus Updates No.3965

 

Bulgaria Air selects Airbus A220

Bloomberg is reporting that Bulgaria Air has selected the Airbus A220 to renew its fleet with. In total, the airline has signed leases for an initial three A220-300s, which are scheduled to be delivered this year in June, August and September. The airline is planning to utilize its new aircraft from Sofia to Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London-Heathrow, and Paris-Charles de Gaulle.

Bulgaria Air is currently operating a fleet of two A319s, five A320s and four Embraer ERJ190s. Of this fleet, the two A319s as well as the ERJ190s are scheduled to have left the fleet before the end of 2025 when their leases expire.

According to the airline's CEO speaking to Bloomberg, the airline has the ambition and wish to standardize the fleet on the Airbus A220 and doesn't rule-out additional aircraft later on.