BULATSA joined the initiative of the European Organization of Meteorological Institutes and Providers (EUMETNET) to produce and disseminate an eGAFOR forecast for the general aviation.

As of 1 May 2024, BULATSA started issuing and disseminating an eGAFOR forecast.

eGAFOR is a specialized regular, digital and harmonized weather forecast aimed at the general aviation users. Currently, the forecast is produced by the aeronautical weather providers of 9 countries – Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria, whereby each weather service produces a forecast for its territory of responsibility and the users are provided with a forecast in the form of a single map covering the territories of all participating countries. The unified forecast prepared according to the same criteria is extremely useful for the users and they use it in their daily practice. BULATSA considers the participation of Bulgaria in the e-GAFOR forecast production and dissemination initiative as a valuable contribution aiming at significantly improving the provision of general aviation with meteorological information.

The eGAFOR forecast is available at https://egafor.eu and information on the parameters of the forecast can be found in Aeronautical Information Circular AIC 04/24 18 APR 24.