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Sofia Airport has been awarded a Level 4 certificate for reducing carbon emissions (Airport Carbon Accredited Level IV - Transformation), announced the concessionaire company.

Air traffic is booming this summer, but after European vacations are over will passenger demand hold up?

The question was the focus of the annual congress of the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe in Rome last week, held at the cusp of the approaching peak season.

Arrive early, that's the advice from the European airports chief to passengers faced with disruption this summer as the air travel industry struggles to meet surging demand after the pandemic.

Istanbul Airport served nearly 37 million passengers last year, claiming the top stop in the ranking among all airports in Europe, according to data from the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe).

Europe's airport traffic last year tumbled to 1995 levels, data from a regional industry group showed on Friday, with hubs in Turkey and Russia faring better than those in Western Europe.

The Henri Coanda Bucharest International Airport (AIHCB) has achieved International Airport Council (ACI) Level 3 Optimisation of Airport Carbon Accreditation, the Bucharest National Airport Corporation (CNAB) reported on Wednesday in a press statement.

European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE, today released its air traffic report for June, Q2 & H1, revealing that during the first half of this year (H1), passenger traffic at Europe's airports grew by an average +6.7%, whilst freight traffic only rose by +3.3% during H1.

According to statistics released by the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe), Istanbul's Atatürk has become the third busiest airport of Europe in 2015 with a 9.1 percent increase of passengers, bringing its total to nearly 62 million visitors.

The airports in Athens, Mykonos and Santorini are included in the list of European airports with the highest performance as far as a rise in passenger traffic is concerned.

Turkey remains one of most favored tourism destinations for Russian tourists, amid the growing flight network between the two countries and a concerted promotional campaign in Russia by the Turkish Tourism Ministry.