site.btaBulgaria Permits Russian Nationals Repatriation Flight

Bulgaria gave the green light to a humanitarian flight on March 3 to repatriate Russian nationals, the Transport and Communications Ministry reported on Wednesday. The Moscow-Sofia-Moscow operation will be performed by a Boeing 737-800 (B738) of Rossiya Airlines.

The competent services of the European Commission have been notified about the actions undertaken by Bulgaria and the permission which the country's Civil Aviation Administration has granted by exception.

The permission was issued in keeping with Council Regulation (EU) 2022/334 of 28 February 2022 amending Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilizing the situation in Ukraine.