Is there a direct flight from manila to sofia?

Question

Is there a direct flight from manila to sofia?

Answer 1

Direct flight is a tricky term actually. Usually fliers understand that direct flight is a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft and in that case there is no direct flight from Manila (MNL) to Sofia (SOF) but a flight is considered a direct flight too when your flight routing maintains the same flight number throughout the entire course of the routing, even if the routing contains enroute stops or requires a change of airplane. That is also known as code sharing. Group of airline does that to keep the customer and of course to profit within their group.

There are no non-stop flights from MNL - SOF either.

Anyway, here are some possible routes:

Cathay Pacific Airways: 22hrs 30min -  2 Stops

Manila, Phils. (MNL) - Change planes in Hong Kong, Hong Kong  (HKG) - Change planes in Rome, Italy (FCO) - Sofia, Bulgaria  (SOF)

Philippine Air Lines: 22hrs 55min -  2 Stops

Manila, Phils. (MNL) - Change planes in Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HKG) - Change planes in Munich, Germany (MUC) - Sofia, Bulgaria  (SOF)

Answer 2

Is that Sofia in Bulgaria?

No direct flights nor 1 stop flights going to Sofia. They usually have 2 stopovers in any two of these Europe (London, Munich, Vienna,Milan, Athens, Paris, Frankfurt...) Bangkok, Hong Kong, Taipei, Dubai and Manama. And some more....