Paris, France, Embraer and Bulgaria Air announced the first delivery of four Embraer 190s, today, in an event at the airline’s headquarters in Bulgaria‘s capital city, Sofia. The remaining three aircraft will be delivered by the end of this year.The airline’s E190s are the Advanced Range (AR) version with a nominal range of 2,400 nautical miles (4,448 kilometers). Each aircraft is configured in dual-class layout with eight business class seats and 100 Slimline seats in Economy Class.
Paulo Cesar Silva, Embraer President, Commercial Aviation, stated: “Bulgaria Air is the 22nd E-Jet operator in Europe and the CIS region. Like so many other Embraer customers, I’m confident the Bulgarian flagship airline will begin seeing real economic benefits and hearing highly positive passenger comments as soon as this airplane enters revenue service.”
“We’ll be flying the Embraer 190s in parallel with our larger narrow body fleet to open new markets and supplement frequency in existing ones. The AR version will give us the range we need to access cities from Sofia that have market volumes that are ideal for the E190,” commented Yank Georgyev, Bulgaria Air’s CEO.
Bulgaria Air together with British Airways, Air France-KLM, Lufthansa or Alitalia, constitute the list of airlines operating E-Jets. Ten airlines, Bulgaria Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Finnair, Estonian Air, Air Moldova, Montenegro Airlines, Belavia, Dniproavia, Aerosvit, and Air Astana, have ordered, or are currently flying, Embraer E-Jets.
Source: Embraer
About Bulgaria Air:
Founded 2002
Headquarters: Sofia Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria Air is the national airline of Bulgaria, which is based in Sofia and also operates from Varna and Burgas. Since February 2007, Bulgaria Air a joint-stock company has been owned by Chimimport AD, through Bulgarian Aviation Group.
The airline operates regular flights from Sofia and Varna to 28 major cities in Europe and the Middle East, as well as charter flights and business charters to more than 100 destinations.
Key executives: Capt. Yanko Georgiev (Chief Executive Officer), Nedyalko Delchinov (Executive Director)
Current Fleet of Bulgaria Air
| C | Y | Total |
| Airbus A319-100 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 132 | 144 | |
| Airbus A320-214 | 3 | 0 | — | 180 | 180 | |
| Avro RJ70 | 1 | 0 | 26 VIP | private and VIP charters |
| BAe 146-200 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 76 | 84 | |
| BAe 146-300 | 3 | 0 | — | 110 | 110 | |
| Embraer ERJ-190 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 100 | 108 | Deliveries first and third quarters of 2012 |
Official website: www.air.bg