The Schengen area is one of the major achievements of the European project, ensuring free movement within the Community. Every year, Europeans make around 1.25 billion journeys within the Schengen area, which is of great benefit to tourism, cultural exchanges and business.
31.03.2024 Republic Bulgaria will become part of this community.
THE BULGARIAN AVIATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION is preparing a project to mark this memorable event that we should be proud of. Over the past 2 years BAIA has organized and funded several major events to develop aviation and the aviation industry in Bulgaria, which are beneficial to our country and nation.
FOR THE PERIOD 4-6 APRIL 2024 PREPARE FLIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA TO THE SCHENGEN AREA BY AIR
The aim of our project is to express our sense of pride and satisfaction that we are already part of this community, to promote the benefits of free movement for Bulgaria, its businesses and citizens. This achievement is a success for all of us as a nation and reflects in an indisputable way the results of our governments’ work on it, giving us further motivation and conviction for our unconditional admission to Schengen and by land. The Ministry of Transport, CAA, BULATSA, Ihtiman Airport and Sof Connect are supporting our project and assisting in its organization and implementation.
Our preliminary project programme is as follows:
04.04.2024, Ihtiman Airport, 9:00 (Start)
Landing in Northwest Romania for refueling. Final overflight for the day and landing around 15:00 near Katowice, Poland to participate in the Bulgaria Day at the International Tourist Exchange in Zabrze Poland.
05.04.2024 Taking off from the Katowice area in the direction of Schengen, Luxembourg, where the Schengen Agreement was launched on 14 June 1985 on board the Princess Marie-Astrid. Intermediate landing and refuelling in the Nuremberg area. Final flight of the day and landing around 16:00 near the city of Schengen.
06.04.2024 Take-off towards Treviso with stopover in Gap-Tallard, France
07.04.2024 Departure from the region of Treviso in the direction of Bulgaria with a stopover in the region of Szeged. Landing in Bulgaria at Sofia airport around 17:00 – 17:30. (Final)
Those involved in the conduct of this flight are the aviator Nikolay Kalaydzhiev, four-time World Record holder in light aviation and the aviator Ivo Tabakov. We are in close contact with the local authorities and representatives of the Bulgarian community of the respective regions, who are cooperating.
