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Almost 4% less traveled compared to the same month of 2019.

Air travel continues to grow and is approaching pre-pandemic levels, but remains below them this month. 612,485 passengers passed through Sofia Airport in May 2023. Airport data shows that this is almost 4% less than in May 2019.

Work on the design of Terminal 3 of Sofia Airport has already begun. It is expected to be ready by 2030. This was stated on the National Television by the communications director of Sofia Airport, Rosen Bachvarov.

A secret exercise conducted by Cyprus' airport security directorate at police headquarters on March 9 exposed security gaps at Larnaca airport, leaving officials exposed.

Former hedge fund CEO David McCormick conceded the Republican primary in Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate to celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, ending his campaign as he acknowledged an ongoing statewide recount wouldn't give him enough votes to make up the deficit.

The airport in Ruse will open for civil flights at the end of February next year. This forecast was announced on the air of "The Day Begins" by the Minister of Economy Daniela Vezieva.

According to her, the licensing for civil flights at the airport in the Danube city is currently being worked on.

Turkish airports saw 18.3 million passengers in August, the country's air travel authority announced on Sept. 7.

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"This August, the air passenger traffic, which was smashed by the coronavirus pandemic worldwide, was pretty close to its levels in August 2019 (23 million passengers)," the State Airports Authority General Directorate (DHMI) said in a statement.

There is a 53% decline in the passengers at Sofia Airport and the reason is the spread of the COVID-19 virus, which led to the cancellation of a large part of the flights.

In March last year, the passengers who passed through Sofia Airport were about 572,000. However, in March 2020 they are almost 270 000.

Athens International Airport recorded a 4.3 percent year-on-year increase in traffic in October, when it was used by 2.3 million passengers.

The number traveling on international flights came to 1.63 million, an increase of 7.2 percent on October 2018. However, domestic traffic continued its downward course for a fourth consecutive month.

Emily Hunt, a flight attendant for Southwest Airlines, drops off a donation of food for TSA workers at Orlando International Airport on Jan. 15. Florida airports are helping federal workers who aren't getting paid during the government shutdown by offering free food, holding a food drive and opening a food bank. (AP Photo / John Raoux)

Taxis that will bring travelers to Istanbul's third airport, which is still under construction, will not be allowed to pick up customers from the airport back to the city, daily Habertürk reported on May 2.