Rental news
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Wizz Air to become first LCC to open domestic routes Sofia - Varna - Sofia
Budget air carrier Wizz Air Tuesday announced on its website that it would expand its Sofia base by deploying an additional new A320 aircraft starting from 12 July 2008. The airline will start new flights from Sofia to the domestic Varna airport, on the Black Sea, becoming the first low cost airline to operate domestic flights in Bulgaria. Tickets are already on sale with one way all inclusive fares starting from as low as 9.99 euro for Varna. The average price for a one-way fare will be 60-80 levs if it is purchased on the day of the flight, said József Váradi, chief executive officer of Wizz Air. Travelers will pay additional charges for non-carry-on luggage. The Wizz Air fare is around ten times cheaper than competing offers from Hemus Air, the only other carrier currently flying between the capital and coastal airports Varna and Burgas...
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Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia Recommended for Ski Holidays
The eastern European destinations of Bulgaria, Slovenia and Romania have been recommended to British tourists looking for a bargain ski holiday. Bulgaria's Borovets resort is the cheapest ski holiday destination, with prices for equipment and accommodation half of what travellers would find in Vail, Colorado, according to Post Office Travel Services. For those people and for bargain hunters, Bulgaria and Romania represent excellent value." This comes after the Association of British Travel Agents reported that France had overtaken Austria as the most popular skiing destination in Europe.
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Budget carrier easyJet to open Sofia-London route in Nov '07
British low-cost air carrier easyJet Wednesday announced it has added Sofia to its destination network. The company will perform flights from London's Gatwick airport to the Bulgarian capital three times a week - on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from November 6. The carrier said return fares will start from 75.77 euro with airport charges. Lower fares will be available to early bookers. Low-cost carrier British Midland has also announced plans to launch flights to Sofia from London's Luton airport this fall.
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Budget airline Wizz Air to fly Sofia-Dortmund
Low cost carrier Wizz Air said it is launching a twice-weekly service from Sofia to Dortmund. The one-way fare is 24.99 euro with airport charges. At the moment, Wizz Air flies from Sofia to London and Rome and from Varna and Burgas to Warsaw, Budapest and Katowice. The new routes will boost to 37& the carrier's share of the local budget air travel market and to 20% its share of the overall air travel market. According to Wizz Air, no-frills carrier account for 40-50% of the total market.
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Low cost carrier SkyEurope opens Burgas service Jun 9
Budget carrier SkyEurope said it will launch flights from Bulgarian Black Sea town Burgas to Krakow, Prague, Bratislava and Budapest. The Burgas-Krakow route will be available three times a week from June 9, Burgas-Bratislava from June 16 and Burgas-Prague from June 23. No date has been set for the flights to Budapest. SkyEurope offers an onward coach connection from Bratislava to Vienna. Norwegian Air Shuttle launched a regular service from Burgas to Oslo on April 14. The flights will be available every Saturday through October. German no-frills carrier Germanwings started flying from Burgas to Berlin, Cologne and Bonn from May 20. The Burgas airport expects passenger traffic to increase by 10% to 2 mln in 2007.