Sofia Airport Records Record 5 M Passengers in 2016

Nearly 50 million passengers have departed and arrived at Sofia Airport in 2016.

This is a record for Bulgaria's capital Airport.

Passengers serviced were 22% year-on-year.

Total number of passengers was 4,980,387. Out of these, over 2.3 million were serviced at Terminal 1, while another 2.6 million were serviced at Terminal 2.

The greatest increase in the number of passengers was reported for those on international flights - 24%, compared to 2015. This is mainly due to the 23 new routes launched in 2016 - a record for Sofia Airport.

In 2016, there were regular flights to over 70 destinations serviced by 24 airlines.

The top 5 airlines: Wizz Air, Bulgaria Air, Ryanair, Lufthansa, Austrian airlines.

These totalled 3.5 million passengers.

The most preferred destinations were London, Vienna and Frankfurt.

A total of 51,829 planes landed and took off - a 17% increase  year-on-year.