Sofia Airport passenger traffic rises 7.5% y/y in Nov

Aircraft take-offs and landings at Sofia Airport increased 3.5% year-on-year to 4,596 in the eleventh month of 2019, according to Sofia Airport statistics.

Cargo handled at the airport fell 2.9% to 2,123 t. in November.

In July, Bulgaria's transport ministry picked a consortium led by French-based Meridiam Eastern European Investments as winner of a tender for awarding a 35-year concession contract to run Sofia Airport. The ministry's decision was appealed by all four other candidates, which filed bids for the contract, but the complaints were dismissed by the competition regulator.

The regulator's decision was subsequently challenged by one of the bidders in the tender.