Bourgas is back! Bulgaria flights from London Southend to return in Summer 25
London Southend Airport has today announced that its popular destination of Bourgas in Bulgaria, operated by tour operator Balkan Holidays, will return for the Summer 2025 season.
The charter service, which operated its first season this summer, will run every Monday for 12 weeks, starting on 23 June until 1 September 2025.
Fans of the Bulgarian resort will again be able to sample some of the best beaches and nightlife on the Black Sea, as well as the delights of Nessebar Old Town – a UNESCO site. The resort achieved the #2 spot in Europe for best value for money out of 40 worldwide destinations in the 2024 Post Office Holiday Money survey. The report looks at the costs for a basket of holiday items, including a three-course meal, suncream and a beer.
Holidays are available to book on the Balkan Holidays website or alternatively pop-in to your local travel agent. The tour operator is currently offering savings of up to £675 in its Summer 2025 sale, which runs until 30 September.
Nigel Mayes, Business Development Director of London Southend Airport, said:
“We are thrilled to see that Balkan Holidays will return to the airport for next year’s peak summer programme. Clearly travellers from Essex, the east of London and the southeast have enjoyed what Bourgas has to offer this year. Summer 2025 is gearing up to be our busiest since 2019 and we look forward to welcoming sun-seekers off again to Bulgaria next year.”
‘We are delighted to be operating our charter flights to Bourgas from London Southend again for Summer 2025,” said Chris Rand, Marketing Manager at Balkan Holidays.
“Our holidays to Bulgaria provide wonderful weather, sandy beaches and exceptional value for money and they proved very popular this summer, so we look forward to another successful season next year.”
The return of the Bourgas service next summer will further enhance the holiday offer from London Southend, joining new routes like Tenerife, Las Palmas, Antalya, Dalaman, Pisa, Marrakech, Enfidha in Tunisia, and the more recently announced Almeria, Reus and Malta – all of which are being flown by easyJet and easyJet holidays.
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