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As of March 2023, the European Air Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft:<ref name="fleet">[https://www.planespotters.net/airline/European-Air-Charter planespotters.net - European Air Charter Fleet Details and History] retrieved 29 March 2023</ref><ref>[https://euaircharter.com/en/aircrafts/ euaircharter.com - Aircraft] retrieved 12 February 2023</ref>
As of May 2023, the European Air Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft:<ref name="fleet">[https://www.planespotters.net/airline/European-Air-Charter planespotters.net - European Air Charter Fleet Details and History] retrieved 6 May 2023</ref><ref>[https://euaircharter.com/en/aircrafts/ euaircharter.com - Aircraft] retrieved 6 May 2023</ref>


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Revision as of 08:54, 6 May 2023

Not to be confused with European Aviation Air Charter.
European Air Charter
Юръпиън еър чартър
IATA ICAO Call sign
H6 BUC EUROCHARTER
Founded
  • As Bulgarian Air Charter in 2000; 24 years ago (2000)
  • As European Air Charter in May 2021; 3 years ago (2021-05)
Focus cities
Fleet size17[2]
Destinations46 (charter)[1]
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria
Key peopleApik Garabedian
RevenueIncrease €82 million (2017)[3]
Net incomeIncrease €8.4 million (2017)[3]
Websiteeuaircharter.com

European Air Charter (Template:Lang-bg)[4][5] (formerly Bulgarian Air Charter)[5] is a Bulgarian charter airline headquartered in Sofia.[6]

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

A former Bulgarian Air Charter Tupolev Tu-154 in 2002.
A Bulgarian Air Charter McDonnell Douglas MD-82 landing at Frankfurt Airport, Germany in 2010.
A Bulgarian Air Charter Airbus A320-200 landing at Frankfurt Airport, Germany in 2018.

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 May 2023, the European Air Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2][10]

Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 10 1[2] 180
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 7 — 164 Second-to-last European operator of the MD-82 alongside ALK Airlines.[11]
Total 17 1

Former fleet

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d euaircharter.com - Destinations retrieved 2 August 2021
  2. ^ a b c planespotters.net - European Air Charter Fleet Details and History retrieved 6 May 2023
  3. ^ a b "Най-големите транспортни компании: Нови бариери от ЕС при камионите, бум при летища и пристанища".
  4. ^ a b euaircharter.com retrieved 24 May 2021
  5. ^ a b c aerotelegraph.com - "Bulgarian Air Charter now is European Air Charter" (German) 5 May 2021
  6. ^ Flight International 27 March 2007
  7. ^ "Bulgarian Air Charter-About Us". Bulgarian Air Charter.
  8. ^ "MRO – Bulgarian Air Charter MRO".
  9. ^ "Bulgarian Air Charter". Airliner World: 7. November 2015.
  10. ^ euaircharter.com - Aircraft retrieved 6 May 2023
  11. ^ "planespotters.net - McDonnell Douglas MD-82".
  12. ^ md-80.com - Bulgarian Air Charter retrieved 21 May 2016

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