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re: Here we go- flight changes from balkan have arrived!

Im going on the 27th Edinburgh to Plovdiv.It says on letter i got that we land at Humberside on outgoing journey/then land firstly at Humberside again on inbound before getting to Edinburgh.Balkan no longer use the Tubolev 154(had good safety record if a bit dodgy looking!).Their fleet is now all Airbus A320.

We are only flying with them as we are going to Bourgas and Plovdiv is closer and cheaper than Sofia......Neil

re: Here we go- flight changes from balkan have arrived!

Neil
sounds like we are on the same flight on 27th Jan, my letter says we land at edinburgh first on the return leg, not surprised nobody seems to have a clear idea of what is actually happening, we may find we land in bristol first!!, only joking last year it was Edin - humb - plov - edin - humb, so presume it will be the same this year, where are you staying we are in the flora

re: Here we go- flight changes from balkan have arrived!

We are not skiing unfortunately.We are visiting relatives in Burgas

re: Here we go- flight changes from balkan have arrived!

And here I am looking at a change in flight details - we are leavnig 15 minutes later thatn original, thinking - why the hell even bother sending a letter for that, its only 15 minutes!
(not Balkan, but Directski, and therefore monarch airlines - only complaint being you have to have flexible femurs to fit your legs in the seats)

re: Here we go- flight changes from balkan have arrived!

Same thing had happened to us aswell. A group of 8 fly out to pamporovo form humberside on 13th Jan for 2 weeks, on the return journey home we are flying via Edinburgh, wouldn't have minded but it means we have to leave the hotel at 4am in the morning!!!

re: Here we go- flight changes from balkan have arrived!

I have booked to go to borovets 19th jan also stopping off at serbia but was advised by thompson at the time of booking got no problem whith that never been to serbia anyway, just hope the plane is a decent one which serves plenty of

re: Here we go- flight changes from balkan have arrived!

I was going to go flight only with Balkan from Belfast but they were looking £250 return. I eventually got with easy jet for £130 return albeit to Sofia. Come on Balkan dont be so greedy and you will fill your planes.

re: Here we go- flight changes from balkan have arrived!

Gave up on Balkan rather drive down to Donny to fly with Thomson

re: Here we go- flight changes from balkan have arrived!

I'm flying out from Gatwick to Sofia(Bansko), on the 5th of Jan to the 12th of Jan for 90quid with Thomas Cook. Rang them the other day to ask about my board and its 15 quid return and there is no weight limit on that. Dunno bout any one else but i thought it was a bargain especially as the cheapest before that i had found was £180 with easy jet.

re: Here we go- flight changes from balkan have arrived!

We did this 3 years ago we flew from Edinburgh via Newcastle, we only sat on the plane for about 50mins but it meant that we flew from our local airport, which meant my husband did not have to drive to Manchester as no other tour operator offers a service from Scotland. I am going to use Balkan again as they now Bulgaria much better than the others.