List of defunct airlines of Bulgaria

This is a list of defunct airlines of Bulgaria.^[1]^[2]

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Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Ban		BAN	AIR BAN	1994	1997
Air Ban		LZP	TUS AIR	1999	2009	Operated Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin, MBB Bo 105^[3]
Air Bright		REM		2006	2015	Renamed Rose Air
Air Kona		KON		1993	1994	Operated Tupolev Tu-154^[4]
Air Mark Cargo				2002	2006	Operated Antonov An-12^[5]
Air Max		RMX	AEROMAX	1996	2007	Operated Antonov An-26, Let L-410 Turbolet^[6]
Air Nove	CR	NHA	AIR NOVE	1998	2001	Operated Antonov An-26
Air Scorpio		SCU	SCORPIO UNIVERSE	1996	?	Operated Antonov An-12, Antonov An-24, Antonov An-26, Antonov An-74, Let L-410 Turbolet, Tupolev Tu-154^[7]
Air Sofia	CT	SFB	AIR SOFIA	1992	2007	Relocated to Serbia as United International Airlines.
Air Syder Bulgarian Airways	B5	SDR		1993	1995	Operated Ilyushin Il-76
Air Varna		BAV		1993	1994
Air VIA	VL	VIM	CRYSTAL	1991	2016
Air Zory		MZA		1993	1998
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines	LZ	LAZ	BALKAN	1968	2002	Went bankrupt Operations merged into Balkan Air Tour
Balkan Air Tour	FB	LZB		2002	2003	Operated Boeing 737-300, Tupolev Tu-154. Renamed Bulgaria Air
Balkanian Airways				2012	?	Operated Boeing 737-300
Bexx Air				2004	2004	Rebranded Imagine Air^[8]
Bright Aviation Services		BRW	BRIGHT SERVICES	2001	2007	Operated Antonov An-12, Antonov An-26, BAe 146
Bright Flight		BFG		2014	2019	Operated ATR 42, BAe 146^[9]
Bulair	DB			1968	1972	Charter subsidiary of TABSO and later Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Bulgarian Air Charter	1T	BUC	BULGURIAN CHARTER	2000	2021	Renamed European Air Charter^[10]
Bulgarian Eagle		BEG	BULGARIAN EAGLE	2017	2019	Subsidiary of Germania
Bulgarian Flying Cargo	FN	BFB		1993	2001	Previously Bulgarian Flying Company Operated Antonov An-12^[11]
Bunavad				1927	1930
BVS Bulgarske Vazdusne Sobstenie				1947	1949	Renamed TABSO. Operated Junkers Ju 52, Lisunov Li-2^[12]
Dandy Airlines	ZD	DDD	FLYING DANDY	2002	2004
East-West European		EWE		1991	1996
Global Air		GLB GLJ GLS		1992	1995
Hemus Air	DU	HMS	HEMUS AIR	1987	2010	Merged operations into Bulgaria Air
Inter Trans Air		ITT	INTER TRANSAIR	1996	2002
Jes Air	JX	JES	JES AIR	1992	1993
Lucky Air	DN	BLF		1990	2000
Mithras Air				2007	2008	Operated Antonov An-12
Phoenix Air Cargo		PXB	PHOENIX BULGARIA	1993	1994	Operated Antonov An-12
Rila Airlines		RAB	RILA	1999	2003	Operated Antonov An-12
Rose Air		REM		2015	2019	Cargo carrier Previously Air Bright^[13]
Scorpion Air		SPN	AIR SKORPIO	1990	2007
Sigi Air Cargo	BG	BGR		1990	1992	Operated Antonov An-12, Antonov An-22
TABSO				1949	1968	Previously B.V.S. Renamed Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Tayaran Jet	E8	TJB	ALADIN	2018	2021
Vega Airlines		VEA	VEGA AIRLINES	1998	2008	Renamed Cargoair
VIA Airways				2017	2019	Successor of Air VIA^[14]
Viaggio Air	VM	VOA	VIAGGIO	2003	2007	Bought by and later merged into Hemus Air
Vivant Air		VVI		2002	2006
Wizz Air Bulgaria	8Z	WVL	WIZZAIR BULGARIA	2005	2011	Operations merged into Wizz Air Hungary

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