March 13 (SeeNews) - Combined passenger numbers at the Bulgarian coastal airports of Varna and Burgas fell by 3.3% year-on-year to 129,504 in the January-February period, Germany’s Fraport Group, which operates the airports, said on Wednesday.
Passenger traffic at Varna airport dropped by an annual 2.9% to 107,882 in the first two months of this year, while passengers at Burgas airport decreased 5.4% to 21,622, Fraport said in a monthly report.
Combined aircraft movements at the two airports declined 10.7% to 1,310 in the January-February period. At Varna airport, aircraft take-offs and landings fell 12.7% to 982, while at Burgas airport aircraft movements shedded 4.1% to 328.
Cargo handled at the two airports plunged 41% to 956 t. Cargo handled at Varna airport grew 59.4% to 19 t., while cargo processed at Burgas airport dropped 41.7% to 937 t.
Fraport Twin Star Airport Management, a 60/40 joint venture of Fraport and Bulgarian company BM Star, told SeeNews last year that it plans to invest 256 million levs ($149.7 million/130.9 million euro) by 2027 in the two Bulgarian airports it operates.
Fraport Twin Star Airport Management won a 35-year concession to run the airports in 2006.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)