Alk Airlines
ALK Airlines | |
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IATA code : | - |
ICAO code : | VBB |
Call sign : | AIR LUBO |
Founding: | 2016 |
Seat: | Sofia , Bulgaria |
Home airport : | Sofia airport |
Fleet size: | 4th |
Aims: | continental |
Website: | www.airvk-bg.net |
ALK Airlines is a Bulgarian charter airline with headquarters in Sofia .
history
The airline was founded in 2016 and was originally flight operations with two of the Insel Air originating Fokker 100 record. However, one of the two machines was sold to Iran Air in June 2016 ; the other machine continued to operate until spring 2017. Along with Bulgarian Air Charter, Alk Airlines is the only McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operator in Bulgaria today . The airline is part of Air Lubo. The company received the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) back in 2013.
fleet
As of July 2019, the ALK Airlines fleet consists of four aircraft with an average age of 28.4 years:
Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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Boeing 737-300 | 2 | with winglets fitted | 146 | |
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 2 | 160
172 |
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total | 4th | - |
In the past, Fokker 100 and McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft were also used.
See also
Web links
Commons : ALK Airlines - collection of images, videos and audio files
- ALK Airlines website (Bulgarian, English and Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services . Doc 8585, 180th edition. International Civil Aviation Organization, 2017, ISBN 978-92-9258-209-8 , ISSN 1014-0123 , 1-18 (English, French, Spanish, Russian).
- ↑ Bulgaria's ALK Airlines to use Fokker 100s for charter ops. In: ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH, May 5, 2016, accessed on July 26, 2017 (English).
- ^ Iran Aseman acquires Fokker 100 from ALK Airlines. In: ch-aviation. June 29, 2016, accessed July 26, 2017 .
- ^ Air Lubo. Retrieved July 22, 2017 (English).
- ^ ALK Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved August 26, 2019 .