Burgas Airport
Burgas Airport Bourgas Airport Sarafovo Airport Летище Бургас | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Fraport Twin Star Airport Management | ||||||||||
Serves | Burgas | ||||||||||
Location | Burgas, Bulgaria | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 41 m / 135 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°34′13″N 027°30′55″E / 42.57028°N 27.51528°E | ||||||||||
Website | www.bourgas-airport.com | ||||||||||
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Source: Belgian AIP at EUROCONTROL |
Burgas Airport (IATA: BOJ, ICAO: LBBG), ([Летище Бургас, Letishte Burgas] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) and also known as Sarafovo Airport is an airport in southeast Bulgaria and the second largest airport in the country. The airport is located near to the north neighbourhood of Burgas, Sarafovo almost 10 kilometers from the city center. Between the airport and the city centre is located the Lake Atanasovsko.
Burgas Airport has the fourth runway length on the Balkans (3200m) after Athens Airport, Sofia Airport and Belgrade Airport. The airport has also well established links to intermodal transport by land (road and railway) and sea. In 2012, the airport is handled 2,356,865 passengers, a 5.7% increase compared to 2,229,045 handled in 2011.
History
On 27 June 1927 the French company CIDNA (now part of Air France), chose the area of Burgas Airport to build a radio station and signed a contract with the Bulgarian government for its use. The contract expressly stated that the staff of Burgas Airport would be Bulgarian.
On 29 June 1947, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines began domestic flights between Burgas, Plovdiv and Sofia, using Junkers Ju 52/3m aircraft. In the 1950s and 1960s the airport was expanded and modernized by building a concrete runway. In 1970, the airport became an international airport serving 45 destinations.[1]
Currently, Burgas airport is subject to heavy traffic following the growing tourism industry in Bulgaria and is in need of major investments to 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.
Fraport will be in partnership with Varna-based company BM Star. The concessionaire has vowed to inject 403 million Euro in the two airports during the lifespan of the arrangement. Fraport said it will pay 60% of an investment of EUR 403 million over the 35 year concession. The investments will be made in new terminal facilities, vehicles and equipment and expanding apron areas at the airports over the life of the concession
On 18 July 2012 a bomb exploded on a passenger bus transporting Israeli tourists at the Burgas Airport. The explosion killed seven people and injured thirty-two (see 2012 Burgas bus bombing).
Terminals
Current Terminals
Currently they are two Terminals at the airport, mentioned als Terminal Arrivals, and Terminal Departures. The first of them was built in the 1950s, the second in the early 1990s. In both terminals there are various outlets: cafes, fast food restaurants, currency exchange, duty-free shops also a VIP room and business lounge.
Extension
In December 2011 began construction work on new Terminal. The new terminal will have a capacity of 2,700,000 passengers and 31 check-in desks and covers an area of 20,000m2. The new terminal buildings are designed so that it can their capacity, if necessary, be further increased as an extension to the existing architectural part. Construction of new terminal should be completed by the winter of 2013.[2]
Airlines and destinations
There are domestic and international flights to about 119 destinations in 32 countries, by more than 62 bulgarian and foreign airlines. The busiest season for the airport is from the end of April to the beginning of October.
Scheduled flights
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aer Lingus | Seasonal: Dublin |
Bulgaria Air | Sofia, Varna Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo, St. Petersburg |
Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg (resumes 11 May 2013) |
Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda (begins 25 June 2013) |
Rossiya | Seasonal: St. Petersburg (resumes 12 May 2013) |
S7 Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo Seasonal: Novosibirsk (resumes 13 June 2013) [3] |
SmartWings | Seasonal: Bratislava, Brno, Budapest, Košice, Ostrava, Prague (resumes 21 May 2013) |
Ural Airlines | Seasonal: Nizhny Novgorod (begins 28 May 2013), Yekaterinburg (resumes 24 May 2013) |
Wizz Air | London-Luton Seasonal: Budapest (resumes 15 June 2013), Katowice (resumes 18 June 2013), Poznań (resumes 15 June 2013), Warsaw-Modlin (resumes 15 June 2013) |
Seasonal Charter flights
Airlines | Destinations |
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Adria Airways | Ljubljana (resumes 17 June 2013) [3] |
Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo (resumes 27 May 2013) [3] |
airBaltic | Riga (resumes 31 May 2013) [3] |
Air Onix | Kiev-Zhuliany (begins 31 May 2013), Lviv (resumes 13 June 2013) [3] |
Air VIA | Basel/Mulhouse (resumes 21 May 2013), Berlin-Schönefeld (resumes 15 June 2013), Cologne/Bonn (resumes 18 June 2013), Dresden (resumes 20 May 2013), Düsseldorf, Erfurt (resumes 11 July 2013), Frankfurt (resumes 18 May 2013), Hamburg (resumes 31 May 2013), Hannover (resumes 12 May 2013), Leipzig/Halle (resumes 21 May 2013), Munich (resumes 19 May 2013), Prague (resumes 4 June 2013), Salzburg (resumes 8 June 2013), Stuttgart (resumes 17 May 2013), Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion (resumes 12 May 2013), Vienna (resumes 20 June 2013), Zweibrücken (resumes 10 July 2013) [3] |
Arkefly | Amsterdam (resumes 20 May 2013) |
Arkia Israel Airlines | Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion (begins 13 July 2013) |
Aviatrans Kiev | Donetsk (begins 6 June 2013), Kharkiv (begins 6 June 2013), Kiev-Zhuliany (begins 5 July 2013) [3] |
Belavia | Brest (begins 5 June 2013), Minsk-National (resumes 31 May 2013) [3] |
BH Air | Aberdeen (resumes 1 June 2013), Alesund (resumes 31 May 2013), Amsterdam (resumes 4 June 2013), Bari (resumes 26 July 2013), Belfast-International (resumes 17 June 2013), Bergamo (resumes 16 July 2013), Bergen (resumes 26 June 2013), Billund (resumes 7 June 2013), Birmingham (resumes 19 May 2013), Bodø (begins 14 May 2013), Bologna (resumes 2 August 2013), Bristol (resumes 19 May 2013), Cardiff (resumes 19 May 2013), Catania (begins 28 July 2013), Copenhagen (resumes 2 June 2013), Doncaster/Sheffield (resumes 16 May 2013), Edinburgh (resumes 20 May 2013), Glasgow-International (resumes 6 May 2013), Graz, Harstad/Narvik-Evenes (resumes 23 May 2013), Haugesund (resumes 23 May 2013), Humberside (resumes 20 May 2013), Innsbruck, Lakselv (resumes 17 May 2013), Leeds/Bradford (resumes 18 May 2013), London-Gatwick (resumes 19 May 2013), Manchester (resumes 4 May 2013), Naples (resumes 23 July 2013), Newcastle upon Tyne (resumes 4 May 2013), Nottingham/East Midlands (resumes 13 May 2013), Norwich (resumes 12 May 2013), Palermo (begins 27 July 2013), Rome-Fiumicino (resumes 25 July 2013), Salzburg, Tromsø (resumes 12 June 2013), Trondheim (resumes 19 June 2013), Vienna, Weeze (begins 4 July 2013), Zürich (begins 18 June 2013) [3] |
Bulgaria Air | Almaty (resumes 5 June 2013), Amsterdam (resumes 11 June 2013),Billund, Copenhagen (resumes 26 June 2013), Hannover (resumes 29 June 2013), Kuwait (resumes 19 June 2013), Leipzig/Halle (begins 20 May 2013), Lisbon (begins 31 July 2013), Munich (resumes 4 August 2013), Porto (begins 31 July 2013), Prague (resumes 15 June 2013), Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion (resumes 14 May 2013), Yerevan (begins 17 July 2013) [3] |
Bulgarian Air Charter | Baku (begins 4 July 2013), Berlin-Schönefeld (resumes 11 May 2013), Bratislava (resumes 4 June 2013), Budapest (resumes 15 June 2013), Cologne/Bonn (resumes 19 May 2013), Debrecen (resumes 16 June 2013), Dresden (resumes 11 May 2013), Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg (resumes 26 June 2013), Hannover (resumes 13 May 2013), Katowice (resumes 3 June 2013), Košice (resumes 18 June 2013), Kuwait (resumes 8 August 2013), Leipzig/Halle (resumes 17 May 2013), Munich (resumes 19 May 2013), Münster/Osnabrück (resumes 1 June 2013), Naples (begins 5 August 2013), Nuremberg (resumes 20 May 2013), Poprad/Tatry (resumes 18 June 2013), Rzeszów (begins 28 June 2013), Sliač (resumes 29 June 2013), Stuttgart (resumes 2 July 2013), Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion (resumes 9 May 2013), Vienna (resumes 18 May 2013), Warsaw-Chopin (resumes 10 June 2013), Wroclaw (resumes 21 June 2013), Yerevan (resumes 26 June 2013) [3] |
Condor | Berlin-Schönefeld (resumes 21 May 2013), Frankfurt (resumes 21 May 2013), Leipzig/Halle (resumes 14 May 2013), Paderborn/Lippstadt (resumes 21 May 2013), Stuttgart (begins 21 May 2013) [3] |
Corendon Dutch Airlines | Amsterdam (resumes 31 May 2013) [3] |
Enter Air | Gdańsk (begins 7 June 2013), Katowice (resumes 7 June 2013), Lódź (resumes 8 June 2013), Poznań (resumes 7 June 2013), Warsaw-Chopin (resumes 7 June 2013) [3] |
Europe Airpost | Paris-Charles de Gaulle (begins 16 July 2013) |
Finnair | Helsinki (resumes 25 May 2013) [3] |
Germania | Berlin-Tegel (resumes 21 May 2013), Bremen (resumes 31 May 2013), Düsseldorf (resumes 18 May 2013), Frankfurt (begins 18 May 2013), Hannover (resumes 21 May 2013), Innsbruck (begins 29 April 2013), Leipzig/Halle (resumes 17 May 2013), Munich (resumes 17 May 2013) [3] |
German Sky Airlines | Berlin-Schönefeld (resumes 3 June 2013), Cologne/Bonn (resumes 3 June 2013), Düsseldorf (resumes 19 May 2013), Hannover (resumes 3 June 2013), Leipzig/Halle (resumes 19 May 2013), Stuttgart (begins 22 May 2013) |
Germanwings | Stuttgart (begins 19 May 2013) [3] |
I-Fly | Moscow-Vnukovo (resumes 3 June 2013) [3] |
Jetairfly | Brussels |
Jet Time | Aalborg (begins 25 June 2013), Oslo-Gardermoen (resumes 10 June 2013), Stockholm-Arlanda (begins 28 May 2013) [3] |
Kolavia | Moscow-Domodedovo (resumes 27 May 2013) |
Malmö Aviation | Copenhagen (resumes 23 June 2013) |
Moskovia Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo (resumes 1 June 2013) |
Niki | Vienna |
NordStar | Moscow-Domodedovo (begins 7 June 2013), St. Petersburg (resumes 14 May 2013) |
Nordwind Airlines | Kazan (begins 18 June 2013) |
Norwegian Air Shuttle | Stavanger (resume 25 June 2013) |
Novair | Oslo-Gardermoen (resumes 13 May 2013), Stockholm-Arlanda (resumes 20 May 2013) [3] |
Orenair | Moscow-Domodedovo (resumes 24 May 2013) [3] |
Primera Air | Helsinki (begins 5 June 2013), Jyväskylä (begins 29 May 2013), Varkaus (begins 22 May 2013) [3] |
SAMair | Budapest (begins 18 June 2013) [4] |
Scandinavian Airlines | Bergen (resumes 27 June 2013), Billund (resumes 16 June 2013), Copenhagen (resumes 26 May 2013), Gothenburg-Landvetter (resumes 25 May 2013), Malmö (begins 23 June 2013), Oslo-Gardermoen (resumes 15 June 2013), Stavanger (resums 25 June 2013), Stockholm-Arlanda (resumes 22 June 2013), Trondheim (resumes 25 June 2013) [3] |
Small Planet Airlines | Vilnius (resumes 10 June 2013) |
Small Planet Airlines Polska | Katowice (resumes 10 June 2013), Kraków (resumes 21 June 2013), Warsaw-Chopin (resumes 10 June 2013) [3] |
SunExpress Deutschland | Düsseldorf (begins 21 May 2013), Hamburg (begins 21 May 2013) [3] |
Tatarstan Airlines | Samara (begins 8 June 2013) |
Thomas Cook Airlines | Birmingham (resumes 25 May 2013), Bristol (begins 24 May 2013), Glasgow-International (resumes 1 June 2013), London-Gatwick (resumes 28 May 2013), Manchester (resumes 10 May 2013), Newcastle upon Tyne (resumes 25 May 2013) [3] |
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium | Brussels (resumes 13 May 2013) |
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia | Helsinki (resumes 25 May 2013), Oslo-Gardermoen (resumes 11 June 2013) |
Thomson Airways | Belfast-International (resumes 27 May 2013), Birmingham (resumes 20 May 2013), Cardiff (resumes 20 May 2013), Doncaster/Sheffield (resumes 27 May 2013), Dublin (resumes 31 May 2013), Glasgow-International (resumes 21 May 2013), London-Gatwick (resumes 21 May 2013), London-Luton (resumes 20 May 2013), Manchester (resumes 17 May 2013), Newcastle upon Tyne (resumes 21 May 2013), Nottingham/East Midlands (resumes 17 May 2013) [3] |
Transaero Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo (resumes 31 May 2013), Moscow-Sheremetyevo (resumes 31 May 2013), St. Petersburg (resumes 17 May 2013), Yekaterinburg (begins 20 May 2013)[5] |
Transavia.com | Amsterdam (resumes 23 May 2013), Weeze (resumes 1 July 2013) [6] |
Travel Service Airlines | Brno (resumes 8 June 2013), Ostrava (resumes 8 June 2013), Pardubice (resumes 19 June 2013), Prague (resumes 21 May 2013) [3] |
Travel Service Hungary | Budapest (resumes 4 June 2013) [3] |
Travel Service Poland | Katowice (resumes 8 June 2013) [3] |
Travel Service Slovakia | Bratislava (resumes 15 June 2013), Košice (resumes 15 June 2013), Poprad/Tatry (resumes 18 June 2013), Sliač (resumes 16 June 2013) [3] |
TUIfly | Hannover (resumes 22 May 2013), Stuttgart (resumes 14 August 2013) |
TUIfly Nordic | Copenhagen (begins 28 May 2013), Gothenburg-Landvetter (resumes 11 June 2013), Helsinki (resumes 29 May 2013), Oslo-Gardermoen (resumes 18 June 2013) [3] |
Ukraine International Airlines | Kiev-Boryspil (resumes 24 May 2013) [3] |
Ural Airlines | Chelyabinsk (resumes 31 May 2013), Samara (resumes 28 May 2013), St. Petersburg (begins 28 May 2013), Ufa (resumes 27 May 2013) [3] |
UTair Aviation | Surgut (resumes 22 May 2013) |
VIM Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo (resumes 31 May 2013) |
Wind Rose Aviation | Dnipropetrovsk (begins 8 June 2013), Donetsk (resumes 7 June 2013), Kharkiv (begins 7 June 2013), Kiev-Boryspil (resumes 24 May 2013), Lviv (begins 7 June 2013) [3] |
XL Airways France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle (begins 31 May 2013) |
Yamal Airlines | Moscow-Domodedovo (begins 3 June 2013) |
Cargo airlines
Airlines | Destinations |
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Kalitta Air[7] | charters |
National Airlines[8] | charters |
Silk Way Airlines[9] | charters |
Destinations map
The maps incudes scheduled and charter destinations in Europe and part from Middle East.
Traffic figures
Year | Domestic Passenger |
Change | International Passenger |
Change | Total | Change | Aircraft movements |
Change |
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1998 | ||||||||
1999 | 8% | 22% | 21.6% | 6.1% | ||||
2000 | 39.2% | 19.9% | 17.3% | 8.7% | ||||
2001 | 77.8% | 52.3% | 49.3% | 7.8% | ||||
2002 | 5.6% | 29.2% | 29.1% | 15.6% | ||||
2003 | 1.3% | 33.8% | 33.7% | 24.8% | ||||
2004 | 41.1% | 30.8% | 30.8% | 31.4% | ||||
2005 | 14.8% | 16% | 16% | 10.7% | ||||
2006 | 32.6% | 9.9% | 9.8% | 12.8% | ||||
2007 | 654.4% | 12.9% | 13.4% | 1.8% | ||||
2008 | 32.7% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% | ||||
2009 | 17.3% | 12.3% | 12.3% | 13.3% | ||||
2010 | 14.6% | 11.2% | 11.2% | 15.2% | ||||
2011[10] | 445% | 21.2% | 19% | 19% | ||||
2012 | 11% | 6.3% | 5.7% | 11.7% |
Transport links
Bus
Line No 15 (Bus-stop: located at the entrance of the airport area).Initial and final bus stops in Burgas – Burgas south bus stop.
Taxi
The Taxi Piazza is located in front of the Arrivals Terminal at Burgas Airport. A taxi ride from Burgas Airport to the city takes approx 15 minutes, depending on the traffic intensity.
Parking
Passengers and guests arriving at Burgas Airport with their personal car can use the commercially available parking lot, located in the immediate vicinity of the main terminal building. The parking lot has 199 car spaces available and is accessible 24 hours a day.[11]
Incidents and accidents
- On 18 July 2012, an attack at Burgas Airport occurred. A suicide bomber boarded a bus which was transporting Israeli citizens to the Bulgarian resort of Sunny Beach located in Burgas, the perpetrator detonated the bomb killing 6 civilians (+ 1 suicide bomber) as well as injuring 32 people. The attack resulted in the closure of Burgas Airport for over 30 hours, resulting in the majority of flights diverting to Varna Airport.[12][13]
Gallery
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TUIfly Nordic Boeing 737-800 taxing at Burgas Airport.
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Burgas Airport apron at night.
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United States Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo load at Burgas Airport.
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Bulgaria Air Boeing 737-500 with old livery at Burgas Airport.
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Burgas Airport summer traffic.
See also
- List of airports in Bulgaria
- List of airlines of Bulgaria
- List of the busiest airports in Europe by passenger traffic
- 2012 Burgas bus bombing
References
- ^ Template:Bg icon http://cholakovv.com/bg/projects/followme
- ^ http://bulgariaflights.com/en/news/new-terminals-will-welcome-tourists-in-varna-and-bourgas-in-2013/50/
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "Bourgas Airport Schedule". Information and Services. Bourgas Airport. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ SAMair destinations map
- ^ Photos – Transaero at Burgas Airport (in Bulgarian)
- ^ Transavia.com destinations map
- ^ Photos – Kalitta Air at Burgas Airport (in Bulgarian)
- ^ Photos – National Airlines at Burgas Airport (in Bulgarian)
- ^ Photos – Silk Way Airlines at Burgas Airport (in Bulgarian)
- ^ http://www.fraport.com/content/fraport-ag/en/investor_relations/traffic_data0/fraport_group.html
- ^ http://www.bourgas-airport.com/PassengerServices/Parking/tabid/179/language/en-US/Default.aspx
- ^ http://www.timesofisrael.com/explosion-rocks-israeli-tour-bus-in-bulgaria Attack Ref 1
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/world/europe/explosion-on-bulgaria-tour-bus-kills-at-least-five-israelis.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all Attack Ref 2