Abu Dhabi to Sofia flight

Flights from Abu Dhabi to Sofia start at €302.81 and take 8h 30m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Abu Dhabi to Sofia starts at €302.81 and takes 8h 30m door to door, run by 1 operator over 3,594 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 30mDoor to door
  • 5h 20mMoving
  • €302.81From
  • 531.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€270.95
  1. Pegasus Airlines PA136307:304h 16m11:46Abu Dhabi AZIAnkara ESB
  2. FlixBus FB597912:3314h 20m02:53Ankara ASTISofia Central Bus Station

Changes at Ankara, with 47 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 21h 20mCO2 696.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€319.33
  1. Wizz Air WA947206:415h 20m12:01Abu Dhabi AUHSofia SOF

Door to door 8h 30mCO2 531.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Wizz Air€319.338h 5m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Wizz Air

Sofia is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Sofia Central

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Booking window

When to book Abu Dhabi to Sofia

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €305.7690 days
  2. €279.8060 days
  3. €283.9345 days
  4. €370.0730 days
  5. €270.9521 days
  6. €302.8114 days
  7. €382.467 days
  8. €552.973 days
  9. €563.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €270.95.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 108 percent. The most expensive point is €563.59, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €405.47Sun
  2. €322.87Mon
  3. €302.81Tue
  4. €403.11Wed
  5. €519.34Thu
  6. €425.53Fri
  7. €483.35Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Abu Dhabi

Air
  • AUH
  • AZI

Sofia

Air
  • SOF
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,594 km against 3,489 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya, Doha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Abu Dhabi at 06:41 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Abu Dhabi to Sofia

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia take?

The Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia takes 8h 30m door to door, of which 5h 20m is spent moving. The route runs 3,594 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia cost?

The Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia starts at €302.81 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €319.33. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia?

1 operators run the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia: Wizz Air. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia use?

The Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia leaves from Abu Dhabi AUH and arrives at Sofia SOF. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia?

Fares for the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €270.95. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 108 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia produce?

The Flight from Abu Dhabi to Sofia produces about 531.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3594 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Abu Dhabi to Sofia on September 8, 2026: 3594 km of route against 3489 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €302.81, and 8h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

SOF is not in Sofia, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

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Getting from SOF into Sofia?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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