Varna Airport
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IATA: VAR – ICAO: LBWN
 Varna Airport
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Fraport Twin Star Airport Management | ||
| Location | Varna, Bulgaria | ||
| Hub for | |||
| Elevation AMSL | 70 m / 230 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 43°13′55″N 27°49′30″E / 43.23194°N 27.825°E | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 09/27 | 2,500 | 8,202 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 1,227,422 | ||
Varna Airport (Bulgarian: Летище Варна, Letishte Varna) (IATA: VAR, ICAO: LBWN) is the airport of Varna, the historical maritime capital of Bulgaria.
In 2011, it handled 1,181,830 passangers, a 1.4% decrease compared to the 1,198,956 handled in 2010. [1]
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[edit] History
The history of the airport dates back to 1916 when two sheds for the first hydro-port in Bulgaria were built in the Peinerdzhik area (present-day Chaika residential area). Irregular mail-plane service from Sofia to Varna was held between 1919 and 1920 and it was not until 1947 that a permanent airline between the two cities was established. What had grown into Tihina Airport was situated west of the present-day Asparuhov bridge and was indeed quite primitive for the demands of a modern city. Thus in 1946 a decision was made and a new airport was constructed several kilometres west of the city, near the village (now town) of Aksakovo, with local people enthusiastically working on the site together with the constructors. Construction and improvement continued throughout the years, with a new terminal erected in 1972 and a new runway in 1974.
[edit] Description
There are domestic and international flights to about 70 destinations in 25 countries, more than 100 Bulgarian and foreign airlines. The airport is close to the Port of Varna and the railway system. The airport has one concrete pavement runway 09/27 with ILS CAT I system on 09 edge and a parking apron for 24 aircraft.
[edit] Future plans and expansion
Currently, Varna Airport is subject to heavy traffic with the growing tourism industry in Bulgaria and is in need of major investments to modernize, expand and handle projected passenger traffic. In June, 2006 the Bulgarian Government awarded Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide a 35 year long concession on both Varna and Burgas airports in return for investments exceeding €500 million, including a new passenger terminal by 2008.
From 15 October 2011 until 28 February 2012, Varna airport will be closed for a reconstruction of the runway. All flights will be operated on Bourgas Airport.[2]
[edit] Terminals
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The airport has two terminals: Terminal 1, which is in use year-round, and Terminal 3 (opened in June 2007), which is used during the summer season.
[edit] Terminal 1
Terminal 1 at Varna Airport was built in 1972, and has been extended several times over the years. The departures area has 21 check-in counters and 6 security checkpoints. In the terminal there are various outlets - cafes, fast food restaurants, currency exchange, and duty-free shops. There are 10 boarding gates. The arrivals area has two luggage belts, as well as currency exchange and a tax-free shop. Terminal 1 of the Varna airport has a VIP room and business lounge. In 2010 the VIP room at Varna Airport was completely renovated.
[edit] Terminal 3
Terminal 3 was opened on June 18, 2007. The total covered area is 6000 m2. The summer terminal has 9 check-in counters in the departures area, and two luggage belts in the arrivals area. There are four boarding gates. [3]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Scheduled airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Berlin | Seasonal': Düsseldorf [begins 14 May 2012], Hannover [begins 14 May 2012] |
| Air Moldova | Seasonal: Chişinău |
| Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways |
Vienna [resumes 29 February 2012] |
| Bulgaria Air | Sofia [resumes 1 March 2012] Seasonal: London-Gatwick, Moscow-Sheremetyevo [resumes 27 April 2012], Moscow-Vnukovo |
| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zurich [begins 6 July 2012] |
| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg [resumes 12 May 2012] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen |
| Rossiya | Seasonal: St. Petersburg [resumes 25 May 2012] |
| S7 Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo [resumes 26 March 2012] |
| Tatarstan Airlines | Seasonal: Kazan |
| Ural Airlines | Seasonal: Nizhny Novgorod [begins 29 May 2012], Samara, Yekaterinburg [resumes 28 May 2012] |
| Wizz Air | London-Luton [resumes 27 March 2012] |
[edit] Seasonal Charter flights
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Bucharest | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Air VIA | Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 9 June 2012], Berlin-Schönefeld [begins 24 May 2012], Budapest [begins 13 June 2012], Cologne/Bonn [begins 12 May 2012], Dresden [begins 21 May 2012], Düsseldorf [begins 27 May 2012], Frankfurt [begins 6 May 2012], Hamburg [begins 9 June 2012], Hannover [begins 18 May 2012], Leipzig/Halle [begins 11 May 2012], Munich [begins 4 June 2012], Nuremberg [begins 4 June 2012], Prague [begins 5 June 2012], Salzburg [begins 14 June 2012], Stuttgart [begins 25 May 2012], Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Vienna [begins 14 June 2012] |
| Belavia | Minsk |
| BH Air | Billund, Birmingham, East Midlands, Gdansk, Katowice, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle, Warsaw |
| Bulgaria Air | Antalya, Basel-Mulhouse, Brussels, Helsinki-Vantaa, Kuwait, Larnaca, Ljubljana, Naples, St.Petersburg, Tallinn, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion [begins 31 May 2012], Toulouse, Vilnius |
| Bulgarian Air Charter | Antalya, Bari, Beirut, Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Billund, Bratislava, Cologne/Bonn [begins 22 May 2012], Copenhagen, Düsseldorf [begins 26 March], Erfurt [begins 27 May 2012], Frankfurt [begins 16 April 2012], Hamburg [begins 28 April 2012], Hannover [begins 28 May 2012], Katowice [begins 28 April 2012], Kuwait, Leipzig/Halle [begins 29 April 2012], Munich, Münster/Osnabrück [begins 21 May 2012], Nuremberg [begins 27 May 2012], Paderborn/Lippstadt, Pardubice, Stuttgart [begins 27 May 2012], Talinn [begins 25 May 2012], Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion [begins 1 April 2012], Vienna [begins 26 May 2012], Warsaw [begins 5 May 2012], Wroclaw, Yerevan |
| Donavia | Rostov-on-Don |
| Enter Air | Gdansk [begins 27 April 2012], Katowice [begins 27 April 2012], Warsaw [begins 27 April 2012] |
| Finnair | Helsinki [begins 26 May 2012] |
| Germania | Berlin-Brandenburg [begins 8 June 2012], Berlin-Tegel [begins 18 May 2012], Düsseldorf [begins 18 May 2012], Frankfurt [begins 18 May 2012], Leipzig/Halle [begins 18 May 2012]. Hannover [begins 18 May 2012] |
| Germanwings | Cologne/Bonn [begins 20 May 2012] |
| Globus | Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Hamburg Airways | Düsseldorf, Hamburg |
| Helvetic Airways | Zurich |
| Iran Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Jetairfly | Bourgas [begins 28 April 2012], Brussels [begins 28 April 2012] |
| Khors Air | Kharkov |
| Kish Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Kolavia | Surgut |
| Kuban Airlines | Krasnodar |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Lodz, Poznan, Warsaw |
| Mahan Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Malmö Aviation | Copenhagen |
| Nordavia | Arkhangelsk, Moscow-Sheremetyevо |
| NordStar | Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Orenair | Novosibirsk |
| Primera Air | Billund [begins 17 May 2012], Copenhagen [begins 31 May 2012], Helsinki |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman-Queen Alia |
| RusLine | Belgorod, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Voronezh |
| S7 Airlines | Novosibirsk |
| Saravia | Saratov, Volgograd |
| SAS Scandinavian Airlines | Gothenburg-Landvetter, Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Sky Express | Kaliningrad |
| Small Planet Airlines | Vilnius |
| SmartLynx Airlines | Riga, Tallinn |
| South Airlines | Odessa |
| SunExpress Deutschland | Frankfurt [begins 18 May 2012] |
| Taban Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini |
| Tatarstan Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo, Ufa |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | Brussels [begins 1 May 2012], Burgas [begins 1 May 2012] |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia | Billund, Helsinki [begins 22 May 2012], Oslo-Gardermoen [begins 28 May 2012], Stavanger, Trondheim |
| Transaero Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo [4] |
| Transavia.com | Amsterdam [begins 14 May 2012] |
| Travel Service Airlines | Prague |
| TUIfly | Hannover [begins 28 May 2012] |
| Tulpar Air | Kazan |
| Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil |
| UTair Aviation | Rostov-on-Don, Surgut |
| VIM Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo |
| Wind Rose Aviation | Kiev-Boryspil |
| XL Airways France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle [begins 18 May 2012] |
| XL Airways Germany | Cologne/Bonn [begins 16 May 2012], Dresden, Stuttgart |
| Yamal Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo |
[edit] Destinations map
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Destinations map
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 BOJ
KIV
VIE
SOF
LGW
SVO
ZRH
KTW
LUX
BUD
OSL
LED
DME
KZN
KUF
SVX
LTN
SXF
CGN
DRS
DUS
FRA
HAM
HAJ
LEJ
MUC
NUE
PAD
STR
TLV
MSQ
BLL
BHX
EMA
GDN
MAN
NCL
WAW
AYT
BSL
TXL
BTS
ERF
FMO
BRU
HEL
LCA
LJU
NAP
TLL
TLS
VNO
BRI
BEY
CPH
EVN
ROV
HRK
KRR
LCJ
POZ
ARH
AMM
EGO
GOJ
VOG
VOZ
RTW
GOT
ARN
KGD
RIX
ODS
UFA
SVG
TRD
AMS
PRG
KZN
KBP
CDG
VKO
All-year international destinations from Sofia Airport
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[edit] Passenger statistics
| Year | Domestic | Change | International | Change | Total | Change |
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| 1998 | 35,208 | 238,470 | 273,678 | |||
| 1999 | 57,955 |  64.6% |
453,864 | 90.3% |
511,819 | 87% |
| 2000 | 67,508 | 16.5% |
624,181 | 37.5% |
691,689 | 35.1% |
| 2001 | 48,121 |  28.7% |
884,428 | 41.7% |
932,549 | 34.8% |
| 2002 | 45,457 | 5.5% |
1,045,252 | 12.1% |
1,090,709 | 16.9% |
| 2003 | 41,583 | 8.5% |
1,144,766 | 9.5% |
1,186,349 | 8.8% |
| 2004 | 47,575 | 14.4% |
1,271,552 | 11.1% |
1,319,127 | 11.2% |
| 2005 | 49,705 | 4.5% |
1,496,175 | 17.7% |
1,546,925 | 17.3% |
| 2006 | 54,243 | 9.1% |
1,468,415 | 1.8% |
1,522,658 | 1.6% |
| 2007 | 79,058 | 45.7% |
1,399,035 | 4.7% |
1,478,093 | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 119,459 | 51.1% |
1,313,244 | 6.1% |
1,432,703 | 3.1% |
| 2009 | 155,734 | 30.4% |
1,050,801 | 20% |
1,206,535 | 15.8% |
| 2010 | 154,974 | 0.5% |
1,043,982 | 0.6% |
1,198,956 | 0.6% |
| 2011 | 117,431 | 24.2% |
1,046,453 | 0.2% |
1,163,884 [5] | 2.9% |
[edit] See also
- List of airports in Bulgaria
- List of airlines of Bulgaria
- List of the busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.fraport.com/content/fraport-ag/en/investor_relations/traffic_data0/fraport_group.html
- ^ http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=130853
- ^ http://www.varna-airport.bg/Airport/History/tabid/138/language/en-US/Default.aspx
- ^ Photos - Transaero at Varna Airport (in Bulgarian)
- ^ http://www.fraport.com/content/fraport-ag/en/investor_relations/traffic_data0/fraport_group.html
[edit] External links
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