Vintage 1970's Bulgarian Airlines Tabso Balkan Aircraft Airline Pin Badge
Vintage 1970's Bulgarian Airlines Tabso Balkan Aircraft Airline Pin Badge
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This is a beautiful, gold coloured metal Balkan airlines pin featuring the Bulgarian flag and a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft which entered service in 1972. The badge face is 1.5cm wide, has a long stick pin style fastener to the rear.
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Balkan Airlines was Bulgaria's government-owned flag carrier between 1947 and 2002. During the 1970s the airline became a significant European carrier.
The company encountered financial instability following the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. It declared bankruptcy in 2002.