Bulgaria‘s airports

The airports in the Bulgarian Black Sea cities of Burgas and Varna, which are currently operated by Fraport Twin Star Airport Management, serviced a total of 3 435 152 passengers and 30 478 flights in 2011.
The 2011 figures represent a 10% year-on-year increase in the number of serviced passengers and a 7.3% annual increase in the number of serviced flights.
2011 was the first year for the two Bulgarian coastal airports when Russians were the most active, registering a growth of 12-35%.
In previous years, passengers from Germany held the biggest share.
In 2011, Fraport Twin Star Management AD completed several large-scale investment projects at the two Bulgarians  airports worth over BGN 75 M, including the construction of new buildings, the rehabilitation of the take-off and landing runway at the Varna airport, the improvement of underground infrastructure, the clean-up of the terrain and the launch of the construction of new passenger terminals, etc.

In 2011, the Burgas Airport serviced a total of 2 253 320 passengers, setting an absolute record in the history of the airport.
Russians held the biggest share of serviced passengers at the Burgas Airport.
The airport in the southern Bulgarian Black Sea city processed a total of 393 351 passengers from Russia by the end of 2011, up by 35% from 2010.
German passengers, the second biggest group at the Burgas Airport for 2011, went up by 4% to 371 735.
Visitors from the UK and the Czech Republic ranked third and fourth, respectively.

The Varna Airport reported 1 181 832 serviced passengers in 2011, down by 3.7% from the previous year, and 11 263 serviced flights.
The decrease in the overall number of passengers processed per year was caused by the closure of the airport for the runway rehabilitation which started on October 15, 2011.
Russians made up the largest group of serviced passengers, registering an year-on-year increase of 12% to 286 035.
Germans were the second biggest group of visitors at the Varna Airport.
In 2011, the airport in the northern Bulgarian Black Sea city processed a total of 269 481 passengers from Germany, or 3% more than in 2010.
The third biggest group is that of passengers traveling from and to Poland, whose number rose by 13% from the previous year to a total of 66 584.

2011 year for the both Bulgarians airports

2011 was an important year because it marked the beginning of the construction of new passenger terminals at the two Bulgarians airports and the launch of the project for the rehabilitation of the runway at the Varna Airport.
Fraport Twin Star Management will invest over BGN 170 M in the projects.
The concessionaire of the two Bulgarian Black Sea airports signed the contract for the construction of the two passenger terminals with Turkish consortium TIE-ICDAS on November 15, 2011.

Bulgaria Sees EU’s 2nd Largest Hotel Nights Increase 2011

Bulgaria registered an 18.3% increase in the number of nights spent in its hotels in 2011, the second largest increase among EU member states, according to Eurostat’s latest data.
Bulgaria also saw the largest increase in the number of nights spent in its hotels by non-residents (+19.5%).
The largest increase in the total number of nights spent in hotels was recorded in Lithuania (+19.8%), while Estonia and Latvia observed growths of 14.6% and 14.1% respectively.

These are the last tourists reports for Bulgaria.