Bulgaria and Romania have partially joined the extended European Schengen free movement area, opening up air and sea travel without border controls after 13 years of waiting. However, Austria’s veto means the new regime will not apply to land routes after Vienna expressed concerns about a possible influx of asylum seekers. With the arrival of […]
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Ryanair launched 6 new Greek routes to Bulgaria, Italy and the UK and added additional flights on 6 other routes as part of its expanded Greece 2019 summer schedule. Ryanair’s extended Greece 2019 schedule will include: Kalamata: 4 new routes: London Stansted (1 wkly), Milan Bergamo (2), Pisa (2) & Sofia (1) Heraklion: 1 […]
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Wizz Air, one of Europe’s fastest growing airlines and the largest low cost carrier in Central Eastern Europe, today celebrated the start of operations from the Greek capital along with the commencement of 7 routes to Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Moldova. The newest WIZZ connections launched with a convenient schedule and fares from […]
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Ryanair is to open its first base in Bulgaria with a network of 21 routes. The low-fares carrier will base three aircraft at Sofia airport from October 30. The new routes include Birmingham, Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool and Stansted. The carrier aims to run 90 flights a week from the new eastern Europe base, carrying more than 1.5 […]
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Both Greece and Bulgaria, two of Turkey’s neighbors, have stepped forward to lure Russian tourists, who have abstained from their most popular destination as part of Moscow sanctions on Ankara due to the downing of Russian military plane last November. Greece has started granting three-year visas for Russian tourists with a single-day procedure, as Bulgaria has lowered its visa fees, according to information gathered […]
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German bookings for package holidays on the Turkish Riviera slumped by more than 40% in February while Crete was up more than 50%, according to new figures showing holiday sales to major destination airports. Rhodes, Bulgaria, the Canary Islands and Majorca also all showed strong growth rates last month while demand for Egypt continued to […]
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