GullivAir

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Founded2016
Commenced operationsDecember 2020
Fleet size2
GullivAir
IATA ICAO Call sign
G2[1] GBG[1] VAGABOND
Founded2016
Commenced operationsDecember 2020
Operating basesVasil Levski Sofia Airport
Fleet size2
Destinationscharter, ACMI
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria[1]
Key peopleYanko Ivanov, CEO
Websitegullivair.com

GullivAir (Bulgarian: Гъливеър) is a Bulgarian airline headquartered in Sofia.[1][2]

The air carrier was estabilished in 2016 but received its operational license (AOC) from Bulgarian authorities in September 2020 and started operations with a single Airbus A330-200 inherited from Shaheen Air with ad hoc charter services in the following month of December.[2] They have started regular scheduled charters from Bulgaria and Romania to long-haul destinations in the Dominican Republic and the Maldives from December 2020 and also applied to start flights to New York.[2] The airline also announced plans to phase in additional Airbus A330s and ATR 72 aircraft.[2]

GullivAir's first scheduled destination out of Sofia became Burgas.[3] The inauguration flight took place on 15 August 2021. GullivAir made an inaugural flight to Skopje on 26 March 2022[4], and to Tirana on 2 April 2022[5]. The airline also planned adding domestic flights to Ruse.[6] Plans for regular routes did not materialize and the airline shifted its business to the ACMI market, GullivAir operating flights for airlines such as flyadeal, Corsair International, Air Greenland, Surinam Airways, TUI fly Deutschland and others.

In October 2025 the Government of Bulgaria granted GullivAir the rights to fly to Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan.[7] Those two routes are essential for the plans of the company to start long-haul flights to New York and Chicago from April 2026.[8] As of April 2026, the airline has not yet started commercial flights from Sofia to Pakistan or the US.

Destinations

GullivAir operates flights to the following scheduled and charter destinations:

Country City Airport Notes Refs
BulgariaSofiaVasil Levski Sofia AirportHub[2][1]
Dominican RepublicPunta CanaPunta Cana International AirportSeasonal Charter[9]
MaldivesMaléVelana International AirportSeasonal Charter[10]
RomaniaBucharestHenri Coandă International AirportHub[2][1]
Sri LankaHambantotaMattala Rajapaksa International AirportSeasonal Charter[11]
ThailandPhuketPhuket International AirportSeasonal Charter[12]

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