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Low cost carriers to fly to Bulgarian coastal cities Varna, Bourgas

The SkyEurope flights will likely have a layover in Bratislava because Bulgaria Air, Malev and Wizz Air are the only carriers authorised to perform direct flights between Hungary and Bulgaria.

In response to an increase in the umber of Britons vacationing on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, British Airways has announced it will open a London-Varna-London service on March 29. The flights will be performed initially on Wednesdays and Saturdays with Monday and Tuesday flights to be added from June 6.

A total of 45 carriers have so far asked to be permitted to perform regular and charter flights to Varna and Bourgas.

In related news, transport minister Petar Mutafchiev said that temporary passenger terminals could be built at the Varna and Bourgas airports if the concession contract for the two airports remains tangled up in court.

Danish company Copenhagen Airports was initially tapped to run the 2 airports but a lower panel of the Supreme Administrative Court overturned the concession award. That ruling is being appealed before a senior panel of the same court. Temporary facilities will have to be constructed to expand the departures terminal of the Bourgas airport and the arrivals terminal of the Varna airport to cope with the anticipate uptick in traffic during the summer months.