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Ryanair plans to open direct link with Plovdiv
The interior of Plovdiv Airport's new terminal.
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Budget air carrier Ryanair is contemplating starting a direct link with Bulgaria's second-largest city, Plovdiv. In April 2010, company representatives are scheduled to arrive to make a final decision on the matter, according to Doichin Angelov, director of Plovdiv airport, according to a media statement on March 24 2010.
The Ryanair delegation is expected to arrive in Bulgaria on April 6 and will remain in the country until April 15.
"They will meet with the Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov and subsequently will travel to Plovdiv, where we are to finalise our potential agreement with them," Angelov said in the statement.
Ryanair has been showing interest in Bulgaria for several years. But as airport taxes are poised to become three times cheaper than those at Sofia as of April 1, the reality for the line to be launched becomes ever more real.
A forum between the Plovdiv municipal administration and the Bulgarian-Catalan chamber of commerce BGCAT was held in Plovdiv on March 23.
Meanwhile, Sofia Airport said that Danish budget carrier Cimber Sterling will link Copenhagen and Sofia and flights will be conducted biweekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, Dnevnik reported. Currently there is no direct flight to the Danish capital. The flights will start on March 28.
Bulgaria Air used to fly Copenhagen, but the service was withdrawn in 2006.
The Ryanair delegation is expected to arrive in Bulgaria on April 6 and will remain in the country until April 15.
"They will meet with the Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov and subsequently will travel to Plovdiv, where we are to finalise our potential agreement with them," Angelov said in the statement.
Ryanair has been showing interest in Bulgaria for several years. But as airport taxes are poised to become three times cheaper than those at Sofia as of April 1, the reality for the line to be launched becomes ever more real.
A forum between the Plovdiv municipal administration and the Bulgarian-Catalan chamber of commerce BGCAT was held in Plovdiv on March 23.
Meanwhile, Sofia Airport said that Danish budget carrier Cimber Sterling will link Copenhagen and Sofia and flights will be conducted biweekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, Dnevnik reported. Currently there is no direct flight to the Danish capital. The flights will start on March 28.
Bulgaria Air used to fly Copenhagen, but the service was withdrawn in 2006.
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Is there any news about the plans to start the air line between Copenhagen, DK and Plovdiv, BG
Does anyone know if there has been any progress with this yet? I live in Plovdiv and would love to work for Ryanair at the airport but its impossible to find out any news here unless you know someone who knows someone etc... email me at hyaground@googlemail.com - thanks, Chris
Travelling is not just about tourists that have lost interest about Bulgaria, but for those that have. So stay home and eat patatoes Mikael. And it's quite ugly the sentense :" fill the seats with some poor Romanians". It's for all the passangers and all of them are wellcomed. Great Ryanair hope to visit as soon as possible. Plovdiv is Great location becuase is quite close to black Sea. So they can write Plovdiv- BG everywhere.
One of the reasons why tourists get ripped off by taxi drivers is that they are not well informed about the rates/fares. I also have to mention that some cab companies write the rates in cyrillic letters - how much is the percentage of foreign travellers being able to read/understand cyrillic letters ?
One of the other reason is that taxi drivers have specialized themselves catching customers at the stations or airports.
Why ? Because travellers HAVE MONEY !!! It is equal if locals or foreigners - travellers have money !!!
I think WorldTraveller hit the nail on the head over the rip off prices for taxis fares. I think its about time that the BG tourist minister woke up and smelt the coffee over attracting tourists to the country and keeping hold of them! having the locals constantly trying to rip off tourists in cold day light is a scandal!
Brilliant if it happens
Plovdiv would be an excellent choice for Ryanair. There will be many customers interested in using this service.
fantastic news hope it comes off,love plovdiv and the rhodopes only thing puts you off is the long journey from sofia
Bloody fantastic!!!!!!
Love Plovdiv.
Hope this happens real soon.
It will be excellent if this happens. There are very many Welsh and english people who holday in Pamporovo each year for their skiing hol.
Many more will come if Ryan AIR will fly directly into Pamporovo.
Exellent news. Plovdiv is fantastic
town. Will be nice to get quicker to beautiful Rhodopes.
About time, This will do very well in the winter ski season,
I know there are a lot of negatives in Bulgaria but the positives far out weigh them. This country deserves some of the life blood the rest of Europe takes for granted.Plovdiv airport if marketed positively can make a vast difference to central Bulgaria and my beloved Rhodopi's Родопски Добьр Кьсмет.
Great News ! This means that Ryanair can now advertise its flights in the UK as "Sofia (in very small letters: Airport Plovdiv)" in the same way as it currently does : "Brussels (in very small letters: Airport Charleroi)" - Charleroi is 100 km away by slow bus !
"Sorry for RyanAir that tourists have lost interest in Bulgaria. "
Well there are some who still just can't move on... like you Mikael;)
Admit it - you love us;) This is why you are always here;)
Yes, that is right when Ryanair comes to Plovdiv the travelling times to the beautiful Rhodopes will be reduced in masses.
But Plovdiv Airport has also to offer a bus service to Plovdiv City. Maybe in connection with the arrivals/departures of the Ryanair plane.
Who wants to get ripped off by evil taxi drivers ? In the case of a late arrival who wants to pay a "night tax" for a taxi ride ?
Let's hope this comes off. It will certainly cut down travelling time to the Rhodopes and should encourage more tourists to this beautiful area.
It will be perfect when Ryanair flies from Plovdiv to Bratislava, Frankfurt/Hahn, Weeze, Berlin, London, Paris/Beauvais, Rome/Ciampino, Bergamo, Salzburg.
Not only tourist, investors also. Bg has a lot of work to do in order to restore their confidence!
"Ryanair has been showing interest in Bulgaria for several years."
Sorry for RyanAir that tourists have lost interest in Bulgaria. But Ryanair likes to sell cheap tickets, so they can probably fill the seats with some poor Romanians.
to the moon and back :)
A direct link to where?