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Sofia Airport domestic passengers and cargo still below 2019 levels

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

A total of 614 402 passengers travelled through Sofia Airport in April 2023, almost equal to the same period in

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Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport selects designer for Terminal 2 reconstruction

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Bulgarian architectural and engineering company IPA will design the reconstruction of Terminal 2 at Sofia Airport, the airport said in

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Bulgaria 

Direct flights to Wroclaw, Oslo and Riyadh in Sofia Airport’s summer schedule

March 26, 2023March 26, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport, tourism

Sofia Airport’s summer schedule offers passengers a choice of 77 scheduled and 19 charter destinations, the airport said in a

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport: 22% drop in charter flights in February compared with pre-pandemic figure

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport, tourism

Only 88 flights operated from Sofia Airport to charter destinations in February 2023, the airport said in a media statement

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Sofia Airport’s 2022 passenger numbers a million down on pre-pandemic 2019

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Sofia Airport served 6 003 653 passengers in 2022, significantly more than in 2021, but more than a million fewer

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport: Traffic numbers recovering, but still below pre-pandemic levels

November 19, 2022November 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Traffic at Sofia Airport is slowly recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic which strongly hit the entire aviation sector, but even

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Bulgaria 

Norwegian Air Shuttle beginning Sofia – Oslo flights in 2023

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Norwegian Air Shuttle, one of the largest airlines in Scandinavia and among the Top 10 largest in Europe, is launching

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport: One in three passengers ‘surprised’ by mask rule

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia Airport

One in three passengers arriving at Sofia Airport on early flights on August 4 was surprised by the anti-epidemic measures

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport plans large increase in check-in counters

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Significantly more check-in counters will be provided at the refurbished Terminal 2 of Sofia Airport in Bulgaria’s capital city, the

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