Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications

The Minister of Transport made an inspection of the two international sea airports Burgas and Varna during his work visit this weekend. He has been acquainted with the measures taken by the airport directions to ease the service conditions of passengers during the active tourist season.

Burgas Airport

“International Airlines – Departure” - additionally two new ticket-desks have been opened, equipped for an automatic check-in, with the adjoining luggage system and roentgen. Some of the passengers already serviced, are being oriented to the second floor, where after the border and custom examination, they could await their flight on an open air terrace with view to the platform and the runway. Duty free shops and coffee-bars/warm-buffets are working 24 hours a day in the air-conditioned transit halls on both levels.

On the place of the Aviation Museum, a new passage is being built to the Terminal “International Airlines – Arrival” in this way the hall for the luggage receiving will be widen with 1000 quadrate meters. Now a mounting of a new luggage carousel is being accomplished. It will be put into operation on July 15^th. So in the season’s peak, airport Burgas will be the only one from the three international airports with three luggage conveyors to serve the arriving passengers.

Also extended is the parking in front of terminal “Arrival” with 30 lots for Buses and 80 lots for cars.

The expectations are, after the fulfillment of the enlargements, the capacity of the two passenger terminals to be increased with 30%. The whole amount of the investments is up to 1.2millions levs.

Varna Airport

In order to increase the promptness and the quality of the passenger service during the recent summer season, the following improvements have been accomplished:

Enlargement of the zone for passengers, who have come through border and custom examination has been made to ensure more comfort for the passengers, on the place, where they are awaiting the flight.  As a result of internal reconstructions and improvements, the area is increased with almost 40%. Enlargement has been made also in the zone for passengers check-in of the regular airlines.

In order to increase the service precision of the leaving passengers, five new automated check-in equipments has been mounted, so that the whole number of the check-in desks in the departure terminals on Varna airport became 18.

The luggage conveyors have been lengthened in the departure and arrival terminals.

A Business hall has been built for those, who travel business class, with the regular airlines.

An office for air tickets has been opened in the terminal building of Varna Airport.

Entirely modernized and put into operation is a fast food restaurant with mother-and-child room.

The parking place in front of the airport has been also extended with additional lots. 

Coming:

Until July 15^th on the airport Varna an additional interim terminal to serve the arriving passengers (Terminal5) will be put into operation. At the moment an equipping of the terminal with all necessary electronic and technical means is being carried out aiming to start its exploitation before the middle of July and the beginning of the period peak for the airport.

An existing facility – hangar is being used as room to separate the temporary terminal. With the start of the new terminal, the airport will be able to handle both passengers and luggage of four arriving flights at the same time.

In process of conclusion are the tests of the new parking system of Varna airport.

More than 60 Bulgarian and foreign air companies are accomplishing at the moment their charter programs to more than 135 destinations in Europe and Asia. Flights of the regular airlines are being carried out to Sofia, Budapest, Vienna, London, Amsterdam and Madrid. The expectations are that the new airline of “Bulgaria Air”, in the direction of Varna – Milan – Varna will start from July 5^th. The flights will be carried out every Wednesday.

For Additional Information:
Yasen Zarev, Press Centre,
Ministry of Transport
Phone: 940 94 85
E-Mail: yzarev@mt.government.bg