Holiday Europe

Holiday Europe
IATA ICAO Call sign
HL[1] HES[2] HOLIDAY EUROPE
Founded2019
Fleet size1
Parent companyAybars Balabaner (5%) Petko Christoff (5%) Jet Sky Ltd. (90%)
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria
Websiteholiday-europe.bg

Holiday Europe Limited is a Bulgarian charter airline founded in 2019 based in Sofia.[3]

History

In the beginning of August 2019, it was announced that Mr. Aybars Balabaner, a German citizen, would invest in the new airline. Onur Air (via Mr. Balabaner) provided the new airline with its first aircraft – an Airbus A321 – and it would continue to support the airline technically and logistically until further notice.[4] Aybars Balabaner owned 95% of Holiday Europe Ltd., the other 5% was owned by Managing Director Petko Christoff. In the end of December 2021, Holiday Europe had a new Ownership, Jet Sky Ltd. that owned 90% of shares of Mr. Aybars Balabaner. On 24 August 2019, the airline received its Air Operating Certificate (AOC).

After flight operations had been suspended since December 2020, the company's AOC was temporarily suspended in October 2021,[5] after ending the cooperation with now defunct Onur Air. As of June 2022, the airline's AOC is no longer suspended.[6]

Destinations

The airline operated charter flights out of several European airports to leisure destinations in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands, Egypt, and UAE.

Fleet

Holiday Europe Airbus A321-200

As of March 2021, Holiday Europe operated the following aircraft:

Holiday Europe fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A321-200 1 — 219[7]
Total 1 —

References

  1. ^ "IATA – Airline and Airport Code Search". Iata.org. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  2. ^ "ch-aviation". Ch-aviation.org. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Holiday Europe". Centreforaviation.com.
  4. ^ "Onur Air invests in Bulgarian start-up Holiday Europe". Ch-aviation.com. 6 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Suspension of an operating license of a Community air carrier № BG 1008–37 held by Holiday Europe OOD". Caa.bg. 29 October 2021.
  6. ^ "LIST OF AIR TRANSPORT OPERATORS PERFORMING COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT" (PDF). Caa.bg. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ^ "A321 Aircraft General Specifications". Holidayeurope.bg.