site.btaVarna, Bourgas AirportsProcess 4.9 MillionPassengers in 2019

Varna, on the Black Sea, February 4 (BTA) - Over the last year, the airports in the Black Sea cities of Varna and Bourgas have serviced 4.9 million passengers on 35,000 flights of Bulgarian and foreign air carriers. This transpired on Tuesday in a news release by the concessionaire of the two airports, Fraport Twin Star Airport Management AD. The figures reflect a year-on-year decrease in passenger flow.

In 2019, Varna Airport has worked with 66 airlines to 117 destinations in 45 countries, servicing over 2 million passengers, which is a decrease of 8.6 per cent compared to 2018. For the same period, Bourgas Airport has worked with 72 airlines to 132 destinations in 37 countries. The airport has serviced over 2.85 million passengers, or 12 per cent fewer than in 2018.

Varna Airport has opened 4 new destinations, and started working with 9 new airlines. Another two destinations will be opened this year: Varna-Vienna on March 31 and Varna-Nantes on April 14. For its part, Bourgas Airport is opening a direct flight Bourgas-Vienna on March 31 that will be departing twice a week.

The airport operator's information service announced that over the concession period (2006-2019), they have invested over 395 million leva in the infrastructure of the two airports and their modernization. For 2019, the investments amounted to 8.6 million leva, and the concessionaire is planning to invest over 12 million in 2020. RY/MT/МЙ/