BULATSA

BULATSA, the Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority (State Enterprise), provides air traffic management and related aeronautical services in Bulgarian airspace. Its headquarters are in Sofia. According to its website it runs air traffic control centres in Sofia, Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv and Gorna Oryahovitsa.

Services

• Air traffic management and air navigation services
• Meteorological services for civil aviation
• Aeronautical information services, including the B-FLIP portal with AIP, flight planning and airspace data
• Airspace management
• Unmanned aircraft systems information services
• Simulation and consulting services

Training and cooperation

BULATSA runs a Common Training Organisation for air traffic controller (ATCO), ATSEP and ATM training, and a Language Assessment Body for English and Bulgarian. Its academy recruits and trains air traffic controllers. It cooperates with ROMATSA in the Danube Functional Airspace Block and works on Single European Sky implementation.

Company facts

• Headquarters: Sofia
• Air traffic control centres: Sofia, Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv, Gorna Oryahovitsa
• Member of the Danube FAB

BULATSA serves airlines and other airspace users flying over Bulgaria and publishes its flight planning and aeronautical data through the B-FLIP portal. Its site also covers safety management policies and stress management programmes for controllers.