Ryanair to open new base in Bulgaria
Ryanair is to open a new base at Sofia, where it will base three aircraft from this autumn and offer flights to 21 cities including four in the UK.
It aims to carry 1.5 million customers a year from the airport, its first base in Bulgaria.
From there the airline will operate two flights a day to Stansted, three flights a week to Birmingham and twice weekly flights to Liverpool and Glasgow.
It will also fly to a further 17 cities from Sofia, where it is investing $300 million.
Chief commercial officer David O’Brien said the new base was ‘an integral part of our continued expansion plans for both Bulgaria and Eastern Europe, as we connect Sofia with Europe’s key centres of business with high frequency business-friendly services, including Berlin, Brussels, Dublin, London, Madrid and Milan, making Ryanair the ideal choice for both business and leisure customers’.
Flights will start from October 30.
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