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On 3 June 2016, the Bulgarian government launched a tender for the operation of Sofia Airport. [16] Expected to bring in 1.2 billion lev (600 million euro) to the state over 35 years, the tender has reportedly attracted interest from the operators of airports in Munich, Frankfurt, Zurich, Lyon, Dublin and London-Heathrow and as well as other ...
"IATA Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association. "UN Location Codes: Bulgaria". UN/LOCODE 2012-1. UNECE. 14 September 2012. – includes IATA codes "Airports in Bulgaria". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. – ICAO codes "Airports in Bulgaria". Great Circle Mapper. – IATA and ICAO ...
Rank Airport City Code (IATA/ICAO) 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Change 17-18 1. Sofia: Sofia: SOF/LBSF: 3,504,326: 3,815,158: 4,088,943: 4,980,387: 6,490,096 [1 ...
On 2 August 1988, Yak-40 LZ-DOK failed to get airborne and crashed after it overran the runway at Sofia Airport, killing 29 of 37 on board. All civil traffic had been halted at Sofia Airport to allow Todor Zhivkov's Tu-154 to take off. But the Tu-154 was delayed, so ATC cleared the Yak-40 to take off "as quickly as possible".
The name is derived from the nearby village of Vrazhdebna (now a suburb of Sofia) and is literally translated as hostile. Although various military transportation units, have been based at the airport since the late 1940s, it was not until 1994 when a separate military unit (16th Transport Air Base) was established.
Bulgaria Air (Bulgarian: България Еър) is the flag carrier airline of Bulgaria, [3] with its headquarters at Vasil Levski Sofia Airport in Sofia. [4] The company is owned by Chimimport AD and is a leader in terms of local market share. The airline operates short and medium haul aircraft to destinations in Europe and the Middle East.
The airport is a high-tech site where everything happens in the air, and this is embedded in the design concept of the station - air, light, space, speed and dynamics. The steel cladding of the station is open and harmoniously combined with the side windows, from which light streams all day long.
Airport Notes Refs Bulgaria: Sofia: Vasil Levski Sofia Airport: Hub [2] [1] Dominican Republic: Punta Cana: Punta Cana International Airport: Seasonal Charter [5] Maldives: Malé: Velana International Airport: Seasonal Charter [6] Romania: Bucharest: Henri Coandă International Airport: Hub [2] [1] Sri Lanka: Hambantota: Mattala Rajapaksa ...