Varna Airport

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. 

Wizz Air on July 21 celebrates the major milestone of opening its 28 base in Varna, Bulgaria, according to The Financial.

After passenger plane was forced to make emergency landing at the airport in Burgas and then left the track earlier today, now the it is already pulled to a safe distance. An inspection by a technical team starts began. One of the versions of the incident is a technical malfunction, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

Varna Airport has reopened after it was closed earlier today over a suspicious piece of luggage in the checking zone of its Terminal 2.

Following the alert for a possible explosive in a piece of luggage the flight to London originally scheduled for 9 am local time was delayed.

At this stage through, Varna Airport has returned regular operations.

Fraport Twin Star Airport Management AD won the award of the German-Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce for large enterprise for 2016.

The company-concessionaire of the airports in Varna and Burgas invested EUR 6.1 M in movable assets and IT equipment in the two airports in 2016.

The company hired 31% more seasonal employees, compared to the summer of 2015.

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.

Low-cost carrier Wizz Air will launch a new route Varna-Tel Aviv with three weekly flights as of July 21, 2017, announced the company.

Wiz Air is the biggest low-cost carrier in Eastern Europe. The company announced that tickets for the new destination are already available at a price of BGN 49.99.

The largest low-cost carrier in Central and Eastern Europe Wizz Air will open its 27th base in Varna on July 21, 2017. A brand new Airbus A320 will be stationed at Varna Airport.

The opening of the new base in Varna is an investment to the amount of USD 98 M and will account for 36 jobs, while further supplies and services along the chain will create a further 250 jobs.

Travel company Thomas Cook will add more than 50 000 airline seats to the airports of Varna and Burgas in 2016, Bulgaria's biggest Black Sea cities, media outlets report.

According to Greek English-language website Tornos News, there will be two flights a week between Burgas and Frankfurt and one connecting Burgas with Rostock, Leipzig and Berlin respectively.

Turkey's national flag carrier airline Turkish Airlines has announced it is increasing the number of flights it performs per week between Sofia and Istanbul.

The total number of Istanbul - Sofia - Istanbul weekly flights will be 18, up from 14, as of December 28, 2015.