🇧🇬 Flight delays in Bulgaria

24 graded routes · 0 airports · March 2025 – August 2026

Where these figures come from

Bulgaria’s own regulator does not publish punctuality data

These figures come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — whichever airline operates it. So this is not a picture of all air travel in Bulgaria — domestic flights within Bulgaria, and its routes to countries that publish nothing, are absent.

What the record shows

On Bulgaria routes the airlines separate clearly: Wizz Air UK arrived on time 11.3 points more often than Ryanair. Both fly the same corridors into the same airports, so the difference is in how each is run rather than where each flies.

Because these flights are counted at the other end of the route, the picture is partial by construction. Domestic flying inside Bulgaria does not appear, and neither do its routes to countries that publish nothing. What is here is accurate; it is simply not everything.

Airlines flying to and from Bulgaria

Ranked by flights on Bulgaria routes. The on-time rate here is each airline's record on those routes only — not its record everywhere, which is on its own page.

Airline Flights On time on these routes
Ryanair 4,742 71.5%
Wizz Air 2,242 74.5%
Wizz Air UK 736 82.8%
British Airways 538 77%
easyJet 392 82.8%

Busiest Bulgaria routes

SOF → STN Sofia to London (BG–GB) 1,208 flights · 78.79% on time B STN → SOF London to Sofia (GB–BG) 1,205 flights · 64.81% on time D LTN → SOF Luton to Sofia (GB–BG) 778 flights · 68.94% on time D SOF → LTN Sofia to Luton (BG–GB) 775 flights · 79.97% on time B LTN → VAR Luton to Varna (GB–BG) 352 flights · 71.92% on time C VAR → LTN Varna to Luton (BG–GB) 351 flights · 78.16% on time C PDV → STN Plovdiv to London (BG–GB) 276 flights · 71.53% on time C STN → PDV London to Plovdiv (GB–BG) 275 flights · 83.27% on time B LHR → SOF London to Sofia (GB–BG) 270 flights · 76.87% on time C SOF → LHR Sofia to London (BG–GB) 270 flights · 77.24% on time C LPL → SOF Liverpool to Sofia (GB–BG) 242 flights · 83.88% on time B SOF → LPL Sofia to Liverpool (BG–GB) 242 flights · 62.81% on time D LTN → PDV Luton to Plovdiv (GB–BG) 232 flights · 91.81% on time A PDV → LTN Plovdiv to Luton (BG–GB) 232 flights · 83.19% on time B SOF → BHX Sofia to Birmingham (BG–GB) 208 flights · 56.73% on time F BHX → SOF Birmingham to Sofia (GB–BG) 206 flights · 60.19% on time D BRS → SOF Bristol to Sofia (GB–BG) 204 flights · 78.92% on time B SOF → BRS Sofia to Bristol (BG–GB) 203 flights · 65.02% on time D SOF → EDI Sofia to Ingliston (BG–GB) 184 flights · 54.35% on time F EDI → SOF Ingliston to Sofia (GB–BG) 183 flights · 82.51% on time B SOF → LGW Sofia to London (BG–GB) 174 flights · 82.56% on time B LGW → SOF London to Sofia (GB–BG) 171 flights · 85.38% on time A VAR → LGW Varna to London (BG–GB) 129 flights · 90.63% on time A LGW → VAR London to Varna (GB–BG) 128 flights · 56.69% on time F

Common questions

Which airline is most punctual on Bulgaria routes?

Wizz Air UK, at 82.8% on time across 736 flights on those routes. The least punctual was Ryanair at 71.5%.

Does Bulgaria publish flight delay data?

No. Bulgaria publishes no punctuality data of its own. The figures here come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — so domestic flying inside Bulgaria is not covered.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed flight from Bulgaria?

Yes. Bulgaria is covered by EC 261, so a flight departing it — on any airline — can be worth roughly €250 to €600 after an arrival delay of three hours or more, unless the cause was an extraordinary circumstance such as severe weather.