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Flight cancellations and diversions at Sofia airport due to high winds

Photo: BGNES

Due to strong winds, an Austrian Airlines scheduled flight from Vienna could not land in Sofia this evening. It was diverted to Bucharest. 

According to the Sofia Airport website, a flight to Rome was also cancelled due to the bad weather, another flight from Frankfurt was diverted and flights from Dubai and Milan were both cancelled.



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