Bulgarian Air Companies to Fly Directly to the USA

News.bg, June 18, 2008

Bulgarian air companies will be able to fly directly to USA.

This became possible after Bulgaria received a certificate for a higher category under the Safety program of the US Federal aviation administration (FAA).

A representative of FAA handed the document to Bulgarian prime minister Sergei Stanishev in the Washington Media Museum Newreum.

In the presence of PM Stanishev, the minister of foreign affairs Ivaylo Kalfin and the US state secretary John Negroponte the two countries signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of prevention of the distribution of weapons for mass destruction and fostering of the relations in the military and defense fields.

The Bulgarian ministry of interior and the US department on energy signed a memorandum for understanding for cooperation in the prevention of illegal traffic of nuclear and other radioactive materials.