September 12 (SeeNews) - Combined passenger numbers at the Bulgarian coastal airports of Varna and Burgas rose 6.3% year-on-year in the first eight months of 2017, reaching 3.9 million, Germany’s Fraport Group, which operates the airports, said on Tuesday.
Passenger traffic at Varna airport increased 12% year-on-year to 1.46 million in the first eight months of 2017, while passenger numbers at Burgas airport rose 3.3% to 2.48 million, Fraport said in a statement.
Aircraft landings and take-offs at the two airports rose by an annual 2.3% to 28,716 in the review period.
The two airports handled 10,817 tonnes of cargo in January-August, up 25.8% year-on-year.
In August alone, passenger numbers at the two airports rose 4.4% year-on-year to a combined 1.3 million. Aircraft landings and take-offs increased 1.8% to 8,532.
The amount of cargo handled by the two airports in August rose by 44.8% year-on-year to 2,257 tonnes.
In 2006, Fraport Twin Star Airport Management, a 60/40 joint venture of Fraport and Bulgarian company BM Star, won a 35-year concession to manage the two airports.