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

8 March 2022

MORE CHARTER FLIGHTS IN FEBRUARY AT SOFIA AIRPORT

37% less passengers at Sofia Airport compared to February 2019

 

114 international charter flights operated from the capital’s airport in the second month of the year.

In the first two months of the year, there has been significant interest in exotic charters, which are 40 during the period with nearly 5,000 passengers carried. Among the most interesting and preferred destinations are the Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Maldives, Mauritius, Tanzania, Kenya, etc.

February, also like January continues to be a far away from the levels of the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. In the second month of 2022, passengers passing through the capital’s airport were reduced by nearly 39% compared to 2019. A total of 315,121 passengers were served during the past period. International passenger traffic also decreased by 39%, while domestic passengers were 34% less.

In February, aircraft take-offs and landings at Sofia Airport reached 3,141, which is 26% down compared to 2019.

The volume of cargo and mail handled during the period decreased by nearly 22% and amounted to 1,504.4 tones.

The impact of the pandemic continues to affect air traffic, with a further negative impact expected from the situation in Ukraine, according to an airport analysis.

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