Transport

Bulgaria is only a short flight from the UK (2 ½ to 3 hours) and has connections from many UK airports. There are numerous airlines flying direct to Bulgaria from several airports around the UK.

Budget airlines have been running peak season flights to the Black Sea hubs of Burgas and Varna for a few years already and British Airways has just jointed them and begun direct flights to Varna.

Here’s a list of the airports flying to Bulgaria:

• London - Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted
• South West and Wales – Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter
• South and South East - Southampton
• Midlands – Birmingham, East Midlands
• East Anglia - Norwich
• Northeast - Durham Tees Valley airport, Humberside, Newcastle
• Northwest – Blackpool, Liverpool
• Yorkshire - Leeds/Bradford
• Scotland – Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Prestwick
• Northern Ireland - Belfast International

Flight time to Bulgaria is approximately three hours 30 minutes from UK airports making it an very easily holiday destination. Wizz Air is a no-frills airport which has opened up Until recently, charter airline was one of the few options for flying to the country, but Wizz Air, a no-frills operator, has now opened a route flying London Luton to Sofia at affordable prices.
Bulgaria currently has four international airports, Sofia, Plovdiv, Bourgas and Varna.
Sofia airport is the main transport hub for flights to Bulgaria and services the capital as well as the mountain ski resorts of Bansko and Borovets. Sofia airport has direct scheduled flights all year around from most European capital cities direct