Since 4 April Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has started operating scheduled flights from and to Sofia Airport.
The first flight of the carrier was to Pisa – the new Sofia Airport’s destination. The crew was pleasantly surprised by the hosts with a basket full of traditional Bulgarian products, and the passengers going to the Italian city – with a festive cake as a compliment from Sofia Airport.
Passengers
Sofia Airport reported positive results for the first trimester of 2016. A total of 980 882 passengers used both terminals, 114 000 more as compared to the same period last year (+13%). There was an increased of 15% in passengers on international scheduled flights who form 93% of total passenger traffic. Meanwhile, the number of passenger on domestic flights decreased by 2%.
As of 25 April one more London airport can be reached by air from Sofia – Stansted. Ryanair’s scheduled air route increases the choice for passengers flying to the British capital city. Sofia Airport provides connectivity to a total of 4 London airports, together with Heathrow, Luton and Gatwick.
Flights are operated every day –the aircraft from Stansted lands at 21:35 and takes off at 22:00.
In relation to the strike of Lufthansa employees the following flights will be cancelled:
Frankfurt
Flight No LH 1429, taking off at 06:40 local time from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt, Germany
Flight No LH 1426, landing at 13:15 local time from Frankfurt, Germany
Munich
Flight No LH 1707, taking off at 06:15 local time from Sofia Airport to Munich, Germany
Starting from the end of April, Sofia Airport offers two more seasonal destinations – Lisbon (Portugal) and Alicante (Spain) that will be operated by Bulgaria Air.
Flights to Lisbon start from 28 April and will be operated once a week, on Thursday. The aircraft will take off from Sofia Airport at 21:10 local time, and from Lisbon it will land at 06:00 local time on Friday.
