Fraport Twin Star Airport Management

The concessionaire company Fraport Twin Star Airport Management announced that Burgas Airport will kick off the active flight season with its first flight since Bulgaria's entry into the Schengen area by air, scheduled for the end of March.

Burgas Airport has served a record 40,000 passengers in one day. The top achievement was achieved on Friday, July 20, which became the strongest day in the history of the airport. By comparison, the population of Vidin, according to official NSI data, is 42 000 people.

Combined passenger numbers at the Bulgarian coastal airports of Varna and Burgas added 85.4% year-on-year in January to 72,905, Germany's Fraport Group, which operates the airports, said on Tuesday.

Passenger traffic at Burgas airport increased by an annual 24.1% to 10,506, while passengers at Varna airport doubled to 59,862, Fraport said in a monthly statistical report.

Combined passenger numbers at the Bulgarian coastal airports of Varna and Burgas rose 7.6% year-on-year in the January-November period, reaching 4.87 million, Germany's Fraport Group, which operates the airports, said on Tuesday.

Combined passenger numbers at the Bulgarian coastal airports of Varna and Burgas rose 7.3% year-on-year in the January-July period, reaching 2.63 million, Germany's Fraport Group, which operates the airports, said on Thursday, according to See News. 

Six new all-year flight routes will be launched in 2017 at Varna Airport, reported BTA.

As of the summer, regular flights will take place to Dortmund, Munich - Memmingen in Germany, Eindhoven in Holland, Larnaca in Cyprus, Milan - Bergamo in Italy and Tel Aviv in Israel.