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GullivAir

GullivAir is a Bulgarian airline headquartered in Sofia.[1][2]

History

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:

Fleet

Current fleet

As of August 2025, GullivAir operates the following aircraft:[13]

Historical fleet

GullivAir also used to operate the following aircraft, which have meanwhile been phased out:

  • ATR 72-600

External links

References

  1. ch-aviation.com - GullivAir retrieved 6 January 2021^
  2. GullivAir, Bulgaria's New Long Haul Airline One Mile at a Time, 15 December 2020^
  3. GullivAir стартира всекидневни полети София - Бургас - София 12 August 2021, retrieved 15 August 2021^
  4. Jon Lassetter. New Route of the Day (26 March 2022): GullivAir between Sofia and Skopje Air Service One, 2022-03-29, retrieved 2026-04-20^
  5. Tirana International Airport www.tirana-airport.com, retrieved 2026-04-20^
  6. Българска авиокомпания обмисля да лети между София и Русе 26 May 2021^
  7. https://www.economic.bg/bg/a/view/gulliv-air-trygva-kym-pakistan-s-novi-redovni-linii^
  8. https://www.economy.bg/bulgaria/view/62683/GullivAir-startira-direktni-poleti-Sofiya-%E2%80%93-SASht-ot-april-2026%C2%A0g^
  9. Gabriel Bobon. Exclusiv: Karpaten Turism va opera chartere pe ruta București - Punta Cana din ianuarie 2021 2 December 2020^
  10. Gabriel Bobon. Karpaten introduce al treilea charter din București spre Maldive în ianuarie 23 November 2020^
  11. Premieră: Zboruri charter din București spre Sri Lanka în sezonul de iarnă 2021/22 2 November 2021^
  12. Директни полети от София до остров Пукет тръгват през есента^
  13. Global Airline Guide 2025 - GullivAir Airliner World, September 2025^