Sofia Airport

Greece’s Infrastructure Ministry has announced the construction of one new island airport and the expansion of an existing one in order to meet international standards and ensure compliance with modern safety regulations.

Bulgaria's interim Transport Minister Nikolina Angelkova has replaced members of Holding BDZ and Sofia Airport, her ministry has announced.

The statement [BG] reads that Filip Aleksiev, Financial Director of Holding BDZ, has been appointed member of the Board of Directors, while Orlin Dinev has been dismissed.

Sofia Airport posted in August a 12% increase of number of passengers to 378 782, reports Dnevnik.bg.

Number of passengers on international flights rose by 13% and accounted for 92% of all passengers. 

Some of the leading airlines flying to Sofia Airport posted a growth of between 24 and 34%, according to the airport operator, quoted by the website. 

A Turkish Airlines passenger jet performed an emergency landing at the Sofia Airport on Saturday, officials say.

After the aircraft was at the airport at about 19:00 EEST (17:00 GMT), all people on board were asked to leave it and were led to a safe location, and a laptop with an unknown owner was seized.

The number of passengers serviced at Sofia Airport increased by 200 thousand and reached 1,838,148 people in Q1 of 2014 compared to the same period last year.

Boris Popov, director of the VIP terminal of Sofia Airport was sacked, reports Nova TV national channel. 

The motives for the sacking are unclear, as attempts to get in touch with the airport management were unsuccessful. 

For the third year in a row, the European Consumer Centеr opens a passenger desk at Sofia Airport.

The initiative aims at providing European consumers with necessary and useful information on the possibilities offered by the United European Market.

A total of three airlines will have direct flights from Sofia Airport to Barcelona during the summer season, Sofia airport announced.

The low cost carrier Vueling, as well as Bulgaria Air and Wizz Air will provide frequent flights to Barcelona this summer.

The direct flights between Sofia and Malta started on Friday. 

The route is operated by the low cost carrier Wizz Air. 

The flights from Sofia are on Monday and Friday and the return flights from Malta are on Tuesday and Saturday.

Sofia Airport has recorded a significant 7.1% increase of the serviced flights in the first five months of 2014 compared to the same period of 2013, totaling 3,816 aircraft movements.

The number of international scheduled flights has increased by 10.7% and the international carriers report a 12.8% increase.