BH Air

Infobox Airline
airline = BH Air
logo =BalkanHolidays.jpg
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fleet_size = 4
destinations =
IATA = 1B
ICAO = BGH
callsign = BALKAN HOLIDAYS
parent =
company_slogan =
founded = 2003
headquarters = Sofia, Bulgaria
key_people =
hubs = Varna Airport
secondary_hubs =
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
website = http://www.bhairlines.com/

BH Air (Balkan Holidays Airlines) is a charter airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the charter arm of Balkan Holidays International with charter flights to the UK, Scandinavia, Germany, Israel and Switzerland, as well as ad hoc charters to other destinations. Its main base is Varna Airport, with hubs at Sofia Airport, Plovdiv International Airport (PDV) and Burgas AirportFlight International 27 March 2007] .

History

The airline was established on 1 January 2002 and started operations on 10 January 2002. It was formed as a joint venture between Balkan Holidays Bulgaria and Hemus Air. Services were launched with four 157-seat Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft. It is wholly owned by Balkan Holidays International and has 211 employees.

Destinations

Flag|Belgium

*Brussels (Brussels Airport)

Flag|Bulgaria

*Burgas (Burgas Airport)
*Gorna Oryahovitsa (Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport)
*Plovdiv (Plovdiv International Airport)
*Sofia (Sofia Airport)
*Varna (Varna Airport)

Flag|Denmark

*Aalborg (Aalborg Airport)
*Billund (Billund Airport)
*Copenhagen (Copenhagen Airport)

Flag|Greece

*Athens (Athens International Airport)

Flag|Kazakhstan

*Almaty (Almaty Airport)

Flag|Lebanon

*Beirut (Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport)

Flag|Netherlands

*Amsterdam (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol)

Flag|Norway

*Alta (Alta Airport)
*Bergen (Bergen Airport)
*Bodø (Bodø Airport)
*Evenes (Evenes Airport)
*Haugesund (Haugesund Airport)
*Kristiansand (Kristiansand Airport)
*Tromsø (Tromsø Airport)
*Trondheim (Trondheim Airport)

Flag|Poland

*Gdańsk (Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport)
*Katowice (Katowice International Airport)
*Poznań (Poznań-Ławica Airport)

Flag|Portugal

*Porto (Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport)

Flag|Slovenia

*Ljubljana (Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport

Flag|Sweden

*Jönköping (Jönköping Airport)
*Kalmar (Kalmar Airport)
*Karlstad (Karlstad Airport)
*Luleå (Luleå Airport)
*Norrköping (Norrköping Airport)
*Östersund (Åre Östersund Airport)
*Stockholm (Arlanda Airport and Stockholm-Skavsta Airport)
*Sundsvall (Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport)
*Umeå (Umeå Airport)
*Växjö (Växjö Airport)

Flag|Switzerland

*Zürich (Zürich Airport)

Flag|United Kingdom

*Aberdeen (Aberdeen Airport
*Belfast (Belfast International Airport
*Birmingham (Birmingham Airport)
*Bristol (Bristol Airport)
*Cardiff (Cardiff Airport)
*Doncaster (Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield)
*East Midlands (East Midlands Airport)
*Edinburgh (Edinburgh Airport)
*Exeter (Exeter Airport)
*Glasgow (Glasgow Airport)
*Humberside (Humberside Airport)
*Leeds (Leeds Bradford Airport)
*London (London Gatwick Airport and London Stansted Airport)
*Manchester (Manchester International Airport)
*Newcastle (Newcastle Airport)
*Teeside (Durham Tees Valley Airport)

Fleet

The BH Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 16 August 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BGH&al_op=1] :

*4 Airbus A320-200

As of 18 June 2008, the average age of the BH Air fleet is 16.4 years ( [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/BH%20Air%20-%20Balkan%20Holidays.htm] ).

External links

* [http://www.balkanholidays.co.uk/ Official website]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BGH&al_op=1 Fleet]

References