<prompt> The airline was established in 2002 as a successor to the insolvent Balkan Bulgarian Airlines and started operations on 4 December that year. By order of the Minister of Transport and Communications it was declared the national flag carrier in November 2002. Bulgaria Air yakatanga kushanda ichishandisa zita rokuti Balkan Air Tour. The airline was known by that name for just a short period of time. The name Bulgaria Air and initial logo were determined by a public competition. Bulgaria Air was privatised in 2006; although it was rumoured that the government wanted to sell the carrier to a major foreign investor, a group of locally owned companies, led by Hemus Air, as the buyer with Italian airline One Air being the only other contender. Hemus Air reportedly paid 6.6m and promised to invest a further 86m over the next five years. Since then all flights and operations of Via Air and its management subsidiary are under the name Balkan Air Tour.  <response>: Balkan Bulgarian Airlines 