site.btaVarna Airport Reports Nearly 6 Per Cent Growth in Number of Passengers Compared to Last Year

Varna, on the Black Sea, August 22 (BTA) - Varna Airport reports a nearly 6 per cent increase in number of passengers compared to the like period a year ago, Airport Director Dimiter Kostadinov said on Friday, welcoming the 1,000,000th passenger at the airport for 2014.

The biggest growth, 12 per cent, is in the number of passengers from Germany. Regretfully, bankruptcies of Russian tour operators have translated into a nearly 9 per cent drop in the number of holiday makers from Russia, Kostadinov said. Nevertheless, Russians still account for the biggest number of passengers at the Varna Airport, he said.

Passengers flying in from Israel are by nearly 20,000 more than last year. An increase is also reported in people coming in from Norway. Passengers from Ukraine are within the same numbers as last year.

The investments made in the Varna Airport in 2014 total 2 million euros.

The 1,000,000th passenger landing at Varna Airport this year is Verena Elzenberg, who with her family living near Munich came for a summer vacation at the seaside. The family comes to Bulgaria for a second year running and will holiday in Obzor.

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