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New Moscow – Plovdiv flight inaugurated

Fri, Dec 25 2009 16:07 CET

byThe Sofia Echo Staff

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New Moscow – Plovdiv flight inaugurated

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A new weekly Moscow – Plovdiv – Moscow flight was inaugurated on December 25 2009.
 
The carrier is S7 Airlines, described in a report by Bulgarian news agency Focus as the second-largest airline in Russia after Aeroflot.
 
Flights will be once-weekly on Fridays.
 
The airline has several connecting flights to destinations in the Middle East, which could boost passenger flow to Plovdiv, Focus said.
 
An upgrade of Plovdiv Airport was completed in 2009 after an investment of about 40 million leva, but more funds will be required to revamp the airport completely.
 
The airport, frequently used by tourists headed for Pamporovo and other Rhodope destinations, is said to service about two million passengers a year.
 
 

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