Low-cost airlines

Airline passengers in Turkey will be entitled to compensation when their flight is canceled or delayed by more than three hours, according to a newly launched website, ucakgecikmeleri.com. On average, it is estimated that airline passengers in Turkey are able to claim over 7 million Turkish Liras on a daily basis, equaling more than 2.5 billion liras a year, it said.

British airline easyJet warned its profit would fall by over 25 percent this year as security issues dampened demand and low fuel prices meant there was more competition in the European short-haul market.

Dutch low-cost carrier Transavia will launch flights between Sofia and Amsterdam as of May 2017, reported the carrier's website.

The flights will be carried out three times a week. Tickets are already available online and the first Sofia-Amsterdam flight is on May 10, 2017. The price of a one-way ticket is currently EUR 29.

Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz air will resume its flights between Sofia and Varna on March 26, 2017.

The company started its flight programme in the middle of July 2008 and stopped it in November 2010. Tickets can now be bought online and prices start at BGN 19.99 per basic fare.

Turkish Airlines (THY) has seen a 10 percent drop in demand on some Russian and southern European routes but was betting on improved demand from new markets to keep its year-end passenger target, said a senior executive. 

Tourist arrivals to Turkey have taken a beating following a spate of bomb attacks this year, including two in Istanbul, usually the country's biggest tourist draw.

The chief executive of Air France-KLM, Alexandre de Juniac, is stepping down to run the airline industry's main trade group, the International Air Transport Association, it was announced on April 5.

There will be no flights between Sofia Airport and Zaventem Airport in Brussels until April 4, authorities have announced.

Sofia Airport has said all Bulgaria Air flights to and from Brussels have been cancelled for March 31-April 04.

The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will operate regular flights between the airports in Sofia and Copenhagen starting from June 13.

The company announced its new route on Thursday.

The flights between the Bulgarian and Danish capitals will be carried out three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The number of passengers traveling on Turkey's national carrier rose by 11.2 percent to 9.2 million in the first two months of the year compared to the same period of 2015, Turkish Airlines said in a written statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on March 15. 

SunExpress, a joint venture company of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has said it broke another revenue record in 2015, adding that 2016 would be a year for seeking new markets in a written statement on March 2.