Only two of the dozens of outbound flights, which were supposed to take off from Bulgaria’s largest airport, have not been canceled, Sofia Airport officials told Novinite.com.

As the airspace over much of Europe has been closed because of the volcanic ash cloud that resulted from a recent eruption in Iceland, only two regular and two charter flights will take off from Sofia.

All flights to Milan, Vienna, Manchester, London, Frankfurt, Munich, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Venice, Warsaw, Zurich, Bucharest, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague have been canceled, the airport administration said.

Only the flights Sofia-Barcelona at 16:50 and Sofia-Valencia at 17:00 have not been canceled and will take off as scheduled. The same goes for the two Bulgaria Air charter flights to Cairo, Egypt, scheduled to take off at 17:30 and 17:40.

The only flights that took off from Sofia earlier on Saturday were to Madrid, Rome, Athens, and Moscow.

Media access to information about the situation of the passengers was not duly facilitated by the Sofia Airport administration because no one from the media relations department of the airport is available on Saturdays and Sundays.

The airport official who talked to Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) said there are no problems with huge crowds of people gathered at the Airport, and that there are only people arriving to reschedule their flights. That is largely due to the fact that the news about the volcanic ash cloud over Europe has been known for several days.

She was unable to provide any information with respect to the accommodation of the passengers whose flights have been canceled.

The Sofia Airport does not yet have information as to which of the flights scheduled for Sunday, April 18, may be canceled. In accordance with the meteorological forecasts, the airport administration expects that at the beginning of next week, the outbound flights will return to their regular schedule.

Information about the departures and arrivals is available at the Sofia Airport website HERE

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