Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Balkan Bulgarian Airlines" in English language version.
An Ilyushin Il-18 of Balkan Bulgarian crashed and caught fire while attempting an instrument landing in fog at Kloten Airport, Zurich, on January 18. Of the 39 passengers and eight crew, only a 12-year-old boy and the captain survived. The aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Paris and was due to proceed to Sofia.
The airline introduced the Tu-154 earlier this year, first on charters and later on scheduled services.
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines carried 677,700 passengers and 18,600 tonnes of freight and generated 116-4 million tonne-kilometres, an increase of 5.8 per cent.
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines is now flying over 74,500 route miles and carried 443,000 charter passengers last year.
Bulgaria Air was established as the successor to Balkan in December 2002 and operates seven Boeing 737-300s and one 737-500 on scheduled and charter services within Europe and to the Middle East.
An An-24 of Balkan-Bulgarian Airlines crashed on take-off from Sofia on 22 November while departing for Varna. 2 people were killed.
On August 2 a Balkan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 en route from Sofia to Varna aborted its take-off on rotation due to an engine failure caused by fire. Despite intervention by rescue crews, 23 of the 33 passengers and 4 crew died, one of them the Soviet consul in Varna. An additional 5 people died later in hospital.
An Ilyushin Il-18 of Balkan Bulgarian crashed and caught fire while attempting an instrument landing in fog at Kloten Airport, Zurich, on January 18. Of the 39 passengers and eight crew, only a 12-year-old boy and the captain survived. The aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Paris and was due to proceed to Sofia.
The airline introduced the Tu-154 earlier this year, first on charters and later on scheduled services.
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines carried 677,700 passengers and 18,600 tonnes of freight and generated 116-4 million tonne-kilometres, an increase of 5.8 per cent.
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines is now flying over 74,500 route miles and carried 443,000 charter passengers last year.
Bulgaria Air was established as the successor to Balkan in December 2002 and operates seven Boeing 737-300s and one 737-500 on scheduled and charter services within Europe and to the Middle East.
An An-24 of Balkan-Bulgarian Airlines crashed on take-off from Sofia on 22 November while departing for Varna. 2 people were killed.
On August 2 a Balkan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 en route from Sofia to Varna aborted its take-off on rotation due to an engine failure caused by fire. Despite intervention by rescue crews, 23 of the 33 passengers and 4 crew died, one of them the Soviet consul in Varna. An additional 5 people died later in hospital.
On August 2 a Balkan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 en route from Sofia to Varna aborted its take-off on rotation due to an engine failure caused by fire. Despite intervention by rescue crews, 23 of the 33 passengers and 4 crew died, one of them the Soviet consul in Varna. An additional 5 people died later in hospital.
