Important announcements
To the attention of all passengers
Covid laboratories
To the attention of all passengers
2022-02-01 00:00

We would like to inform passengers and visitors of Sofia Airport that аs of 1 May 2022, parking prices will change at Sofia Airport’s two public car parks in Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Details can be found here.

Level B1 of the public car parking at Terminal 2 is temporarily closed. The remaining parking levels are at your disposal. While we apologize for any inconvenience caused, we kindly ask you to observe the parking organization in place.

As of 1 May 2022 all COVID-19 related travel restrictions are lifted.

Information about travelling to different countries is published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.

All scheduled flights arriving in the time range 8 pm–8 am will be served only at Terminal 2. This will facilitate faster processing of documents and the passing of passengers. There will be no change for flights landing on schedule before 8:00 at Terminal 1. They will not move to Terminal 2 to avoid the inconvenience of travelers and their meters and greeters. All business flights will be operated at Terminal 1.

 

Covid laboratories

For the convenience of travelers, COVID-19 testing laboratories have been set up in the public areas of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 to issue the necessary travel health certificates.

The PCR test result is ready within 2 hours and the antigen test within 20 minutes. The services are available not only to arriving and departing passengers, but also to all citizens.

Contact:

SMDL „KANDILAROV“

+359 884 884936 – Terminal 1
+359 882 607010 – Terminal 2

GENIKA

+359 876 036577 – Terminal 2

Press releases

20 February 2022

41% FEWER PASSENGERS AT SOFIA AIRPORT IN JANUARY COMPARED TO 2019

Covid-19 continues to impact air traffic

 

Passengers

Passengers at the capital’s airport in the first month of 2022 were down 41.3 percent compared to the pre-pandemic year 2019. A total of 309,504 passengers were handled during the past period, a decrease of 218 000 compared to pre-Covid-19.

Passenger traffic on international scheduled services has also almost halved – nearly 45% compared to the first month of 2019. The number of passengers travelling on domestic flights also saw a significant decline of 35% in January.

Air traffic

Aircraft take-offs and landings at Sofia Airport in the first month of the year reached 3,529, with a 24.2% decrease compared to 2019.

Cargo

The volume of cargo and mail shipments handled in January decreased by 8.3% and amounted to 1,538 tonnes.

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be the main negative factor hindering the recovery of air traffic, according to Sofia Airport.

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