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Air Via
Founded	1990
Hubs	Sofia International Airport; Varna International Airport
Fleet size	4
Destinations
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people
Website	http://www.air-via.com/

An Air Via A320

Air VIA (Bulgarian Airways) is a charter airline based in Varna, Bulgaria. It operates mainly holiday charter services for tour operators. Its main bases are Sofia International Airport and Varna International Airport.^[1] Together with Bulgarian Air Charter they are the biggest charter airlines in Bulgaria.

[edit] History

The airline was founded and started operations in 1990 as Varna International Airways using a brand new Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft. It was established by a group of private Bulgarian investors and operates charter flights for BG Tours (Germany), Jetair (Belgium), Neckermann Deutschland, Prodintour (France) and TUI Deutschland. It has 142 employees.^[1]

In December 2003 it was reported that Air Via was considering an order for up to 10 Tupolev Tu-214 aircraft. In February 2005 Air VIA was considering replacing its Tupolev Tu-154M fleet by either Boeing 737-400s or McDonnell Douglas MD-80s. Finally, Air Via decided to replace the Tupolevs with Airbus A320-200 aircraft.^{[citation needed]}