Bulgaria's GullivAir eyes scheduled operations

Burkina Faso, Airbus discuss A220-300s for Air Burkina

Airbus and Burkina Faso have initiated talks for the acquisition of three A220-300s for state-carrier Air Burkina (2J, Ouagadougou) by July 2022, confirmed the West African country’s Ministry of Transport, Urban Mobility and Road Safety.

A high-level delegation from Airbus led by Commercial Vice President for Africa Hadi Akoum met with Transport Minister Vincent Dabilgou in Ouagadougou on January 21, 2021. “Exchanges included the acquisition of Airbus A220 aircraft,” according to a statement by the ministry posted on social media.

It said the plan to acquire Airbus aircraft for Air Burkina formed part of a business plan for the partial privatisation of Air Burkina resulting from the October 2020 partnership agreement between the government and US-European investment consortium American Global Development Group (AGD). In terms of this, AGD on January 1, 2021, acquired an 80% stake in the airline in exchange for an injection of XOF250 billion CFA francs (USD449.9 million) for the fleet renewal programme, while the government retains 20%.

“As part of the business plan (resulting) from the partnership with...

Bulgaria's GullivAir targets US flights

Bulgarian start-up GullivAir (G2, Sofia) has unveiled plans to operate three weekly scheduled return flights between Sofia and New York JFK.

The privately-owned carrier has applied for a US Foreign Air Carrier permit for scheduled and chartered, passenger, property, and mail cargo flights and for exemption authority to enable it to provide the services while its application is pending.

The airline currently dry-leases one A330-200, LZ-ONE (msn 811), from Aircastle for a combination of passenger and cargo flights. It is in the process of dry-leasing two more A330s that are expected to be added to its AOC in a few months, Chief Executive Officer Georgi Kolev said in the application to the US Department of Transportation dated September 29, 2020.

According to supporting documents, GulliVair obtained a Bulgarian AOC (BG 56) on July 24, 2020. It was granted a Category A operator’s license (BG 1008-23) by the Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration on October 12, 2016, last amended on September 25, 2020, allowing it to operate aircraft with more than 20 seats...

Bulgaria's GullivAir secures AOC

Bulgaria's GullivAir eyes A330 operations