Passenger numbers at Bulgaria's coastal airports down 35% y/y in April

The passenger volume at Varna Airport sank by 37.3% on the year to 77,473 last month, whereas passengers at Burgas Airport fell 22.8% to 21,193, Fraport Group, majority owner of the airports operator Fraport Twin Star Airport Management, said in a monthly traffic report.

The total passenger numbers at both airports amounted to 92.9% of the traffic recorded in the same month of pre-pandemic 2019.

In the first four months of 2024, combined traffic at the two coastal airports totalled 328,685 passengers, down 25% year-on-year, with Varna Airport contributing 281,337 passengers, data showed.

Cargo handled at the Varna and Burgas airports plunged by an annual 88.5% to 15 tonnes in the review month. For January-April, cargo was 44.5% less than a year earlier, at 274 tonnes.

Aircraft take-offs and landings at both airports declined by 25.2% on the year to 935 in April and by 17.5% to 3,116 in the four months overall.