Bulgaria Plovdiv Airport Receives 1st Flight from Moscow

The Plovdiv-Moscow line is the first regular international line since the Plovdiv airport opened in 1981. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency.

The Plovdiv airport received on Christmas Day the first flight from the regular Moscow-Plovdiv line.

The news was reported Friday by the Plovdiv airport press office.

The line will operate year-round and is the first regular international line since the airport in Bulgaria’s second largest city opened in 1981.

The "Airbus 319" of the Russian "S7 Airlines" arrived Friday afternoon at the new airport terminal.

The flight was met by the Deputy Transport Minister, Kamen Kichev, Regional Governor, Ivan Totev, and local mayors, including the Plovdiv Mayor, Slavcho Atanasov.