Melt traffic crisis in the capital airport

The summer season is reflected positively to traffic at Sofia Airport on internal lines where there is growth of 30 percent compared with June 2008.

In international liner services from and to Sofia are transported 240 940 passengers (with 5 percent less than the same month of previous year), while foreign airlines take up about 70 percent market share. In the last week of the month it was open a new regular service from Sofia Airport to Treviso (Venice), as the flight of Wizz Air running three times a week from Terminal 1.
Beginning of this year’s summer tourist season, making a double increase in the flight of Bulgarian carriers, but at the same time is greatly reduced presence of foreign (especially Turkish and Tunisian) charter airlines. With a quarter is less than the number of Bulgarian tourists passed through Sofia Airport in June 2009 compared to June 2008
Overall, Sofia aeroport reported 6.5 percent decline in samoletodvizheniyata who in 4001 – with 280 fewer than the same month of 2008 Total 268 440 passengers are served, which is a decrease of 5% passed through Sofia Airport 282 535 people in June 2008 At least 30 percent are processed 1179 tons cargo to the same period last year were 1698 items
World economic crisis most strongly reflected in the international exchange of goods, resulting in continued erosion in specialized cargo services at Sofia Airport – 22 percent less samoletodvizheniya, 44% less cargo.
Most busy day was June 28 (Sunday), when in both terminal at Sofia airport has undergone a total of 10 208 passengers.
Despite difficulties in the first half of 2009 leading Bulgarian airport retains almost the same number of passengers – 1 532 000 1 537 000 in the same period in 2008 were 22 700 Samoletodvizheniyata – only 2.9% less compared with 23 370 to slow down in 2008 processed cargo and mail is 16%.

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