Balkan Bulgarian Airlines

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Balkan_Bulgarian_Airlines

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:airline
gptkbp:alliedWith	none
gptkbp:callsign	gptkb:BALKAN
gptkbp:ceased_operations	2002
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Bulgaria
gptkbp:fleetSize	over 30 aircraft at peak
gptkbp:formerName	gptkb:TABSO
gptkbp:founded	1947
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Sofia,_Bulgaria
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
gptkbp:ICAO_code	gptkb:LZB LZ
gptkbp:logo	Balkan Bulgarian Airlines logo.svg
gptkbp:mainHub	gptkb:Sofia_Airport
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Asia gptkb:Europe gptkb:Middle_East gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:notableAircraft	gptkb:Antonov_An-24 gptkb:Ilyushin_Il-18 gptkb:Ilyushin_Il-62 gptkb:Tupolev_Tu-104 gptkb:Tupolev_Tu-134 gptkb:Tupolev_Tu-154 gptkb:Yakovlev_Yak-42 gptkb:Boeing_767 gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Boeing_737 gptkb:Douglas_DC-3 gptkb:Douglas_DC-9 gptkb:Ilyushin_Il-14
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:Ivan_Slavkov Todor Zhivkov (as a passenger)
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Balkan_Bulgarian_Airlines_Flight_013_crash_(1977) gptkb:Balkan_Bulgarian_Airlines_Flight_307_crash_(1973)
gptkbp:notableRoute	Sofia to Athens Sofia to Beirut Sofia to Belgrade Sofia to Budapest Sofia to Cairo Sofia to Frankfurt Sofia to Istanbul Sofia to London Sofia to Moscow Sofia to New York (briefly) Sofia to Paris Sofia to Prague Sofia to Rome Sofia to Tel Aviv Sofia to Tripoli Sofia to Vienna Sofia to Warsaw
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:Cold_War Post-communist transition Communist era in Bulgaria
gptkbp:parentCompany	gptkb:Bulgarian_government
gptkbp:privatized	1999
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Bulgaria_Air
gptkbp:website	defunct
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Tupolev_Tu-154 gptkb:Ilyushin_Il-12 gptkb:Ilyushin_Il-14 gptkb:Il-18 gptkb:Tu-134 gptkb:Tu-154
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6