March 30 (SeeNews) - The market share of low-cost air carriers on the Bulgarian market is expected to rise further from 50% registered in 2016, Bulgarian online travel agency eSky said on Thursday.
In 2016, the airline industry’s gross turnover on the Bulgarian market totalled $160.7 million (149.7 million euro), eSky said in a press release, quoting data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Air carriers sold a total of 473,782 tickets for flights to and from Bulgaria, the agency adds.
($ = 0.9313 euro)