Burgas Airport

Burgas Airport (IATA: BOJ, ICAO: LBBG) (Bulgarian: Летище Бургас, romanized: Letishte Burgas) is an international airport in southeast Bulgaria and the second largest in the country. It is near the northern neighbourhood of Sarafovo approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) from the city centre. The airport principally serves Burgas and other seaside resorts of the Bulgarian south coast which attract many tourists during the summer leisure season. In 2018, it handled 3,277,229 passengers, a 9.9% increase compared to 2017.[1]

Burgas Airport

Летище Бургас
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState-owned
OperatorFraport Twin Star Airport Management AD
ServesBurgas
LocationBurgas, Bulgaria
Opened27 June 1927 (1927-06-27)
Hub for
Time zoneEET (+2)
 • Summer (DST)EEST (+3)
Elevation AMSL41 m / 135 ft
Coordinates42°34′13″N 027°30′55″E
Websitewww.burgas-airport.bg
Map
BOJ is located in Bulgaria
BOJ
BOJ
Location of airport in Bulgaria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 3,200 10,500 Concrete
Statistics (2022)
Passengers1,643,581
Passenger change 21-22Increase72.2%
Aircraft movements12,293
Movements change 21-22Increase48.2%
Cargo (t)6,244
Cargo change 21-22Increase33.7%

History

Early years

On 27 June 1937, 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.[2]

Development since the 2000s

Burgas airport has been subject to heavy traffic following the growing tourism industry in Bulgaria and was 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.[3]

Fraport entered into 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 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.[4]

Facilities
Aerial view of Burgas Airport

Terminals

In December 2011 construction work began on the new Terminal 2. The new terminal was planned to have a capacity of 2,700,000 passengers and an area of 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft). The new terminal building was designed so that it can be easily upgraded to further increase capacity, if necessary. Construction of the new terminal was completed in 2013, and has been operational since December 2013.[5]

Terminal 2 replaced the older Terminal 1, which was built in the 1950s and expanded in the early 1990s, and now handles all of the airport's passenger traffic. The terminal is equipped with 31 check-in counters, three boarding-card checkpoints, nine security lanes and eight departure gates. The arrivals area (divided into Schengen and non-Schengen zones) has 12 immigration stations and four baggage carousels (one 120 metres (390 ft) long and three 70 metres (230 ft) long carousels). Passenger amenities include 800 square metres (8,600 sq ft) of space dedicated to shopping and 1,220 square metres (13,100 sq ft) for food and beverage (F&B) services. There is also a 550 square metres (5,900 sq ft) outdoor courtyard.[6]

Runway

The runway is 3,200 metres (10,500 ft) long.[7]

On 31 October 2016, reconstruction and rehabilitation of taxiways began at Burgas airport. The project includes a complete rehabilitation of 3,500 square meters of taxiway "H", complete rehabilitation of taxiway "A", as well as area adjacent to the runway holding point. The control and monitoring system for airfield lighting and approach light equipment will be replaced. The total investment of Fraport Twin Star Airport Management in these projects is over BGN 12 million.[8][9]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Burgas Airport:[10]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Lille
Aer Lingus Seasonal: Dublin
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga,[11] Tallinn (begins 1 May 2024)[12]
Arkia Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv
Avion Express Seasonal charter: Vilnius
BH Air Seasonal: Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Belfast–International, Bergen, Billund, Brussels, Cardiff, Copenhagen, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Groningen, Humberside, Leeds/Bradford, London–Gatwick, London–Southend (begins 17 June 2024),[13] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Oslo, Stavanger,[14] Stockholm–Arlanda, Teesside[15]
Bluebird Airways Seasonal: Tel Aviv
Brussels Airlines Seasonal charter: Brussels
Bul Air Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Katowice, Košice, Warsaw-Chopin
Bulgaria Air Seasonal: Sofia, Tel Aviv
Seasonal charter: Antalya,[16] Bratislava, Brno, Budapest, Košice, Kuwait, Ostrava,[17] Pardubice, Poprad/Tatry, Prague, Yerevan
Buzz Seasonal charter: Bydgoszcz, Katowice, Poznań, Kraków,[18] Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal: Amsterdam, Brussels,[19][20] Maastricht/Aachen[21][22]
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 31 March 2024)[23]
easyJet Seasonal: Berlin, London–Gatwick, Manchester
Enter Air[18] Seasonal charter: Gdańsk, Katowice, Poznań, Prague, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
European Air Charter Seasonal charter: Billund,[24] Bratislava, Bremen,[25] Brno, Budapest, Cologne/Bonn,[26] Copenhagen,[24] Dresden, Düsseldorf,[27] Erfurt/Weimar,[28] Frankfurt,[29] Gdańsk, Hamburg, Hannover,[30] Katowice, Leipzig/Halle,[31] Linz,[32] Łodz, Munich,[33] Poznań, Prague, Rzeszów, Szczecin, Stuttgart,[34] Tel Aviv, Vienna, Warsaw-Chopin, Wrocław
Eurowings Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart
Freebird Airlines Europe Seasonal charter: Leipzig/Halle[35] Paderborn/Lippstadt[36]
GetJet Airlines Seasonal charter: Vilnius[37]
Iberojet Seasonal charter: Madrid[38]
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Billund, Copenhagen, Helsinki[36]
Jet2.com Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol (begins 7 May 2024),[39] East Midlands, Edinburgh (begins 1 May 2025),[40] Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool (begins 2 May 2024),[41] London–Stansted,[42] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal charter: Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg
Neos Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda
Qanot Sharq Seasonal: Tashkent[43]
Ryanair Seasonal: Bratislava, Budapest, Dublin,[44] Gdańsk, Kaunas, Kraków, London–Luton, Poznań, Vienna, Warsaw–Modlin
Scandinavian Airlines Seasonal charter: Copenhagen, Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim
SkyUp[45] Seasonal: Kharkiv, Kyiv–Boryspil, Lviv (all suspended)
SmartLynx Airlines Seasonal charter: Riga,[46] Tallinn[37]
Smartwings[47] Seasonal: Bratislava, Brno, Košice, Ostrava, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague
Seasonal charter: Gdańsk,[48] Katowice,[48] Pardubice,[36] Warsaw–Chopin[48]
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Helsinki,[49] Oslo[50]
Sundair Seasonal: Berlin
Sun d'Or Seasonal charter: Tel Aviv
Transavia Seasonal charter: Amsterdam
TUI Airways[51] Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal charter: Dublin[52]
TUI fly Belgium[53] Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Stockholm–Arlanda[54]
Windrose Airlines Seasonal: Dnipro,[55] Kharkiv,[56] Kyiv–Boryspil,[56] Lviv (all suspended)[56]
Wizz Air London–Luton
Seasonal: Budapest, Debrecen, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków, Lublin, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin, Wrocław

Statistics

Traffic
Annual passenger traffic at BOJ airport. See Wikidata query.
Traffic at Burgas Airport
Year Passengers Change Cargo (tonnes) Change Aircraft movements Change
1998433,0246,092
1999339,297Decrease21.6%5,722Decrease6.1%
2000398,015Increase17.3%735,224Decrease8.7%
2001594,396Increase49.3%161Increase120.5%5,633Increase7.8%
2002767,476Increase29.1%925Increase474.5%6,515Increase15.6%
20031,026,037Increase33.7%635Decrease31.4%8,136Increase24.8%
20041,342,173Increase30.8%899Increase41.6%10,692Increase31.4%
20051,555,603Increase16.0%122Decrease86.4%11,842Increase10.7%
20061,708,199Increase9.8%405Increase232.0%13,364Increase12.8%
20071,937,625Increase13.4%2,051Increase406.4%13,606Increase1.8%
20081,920,623Decrease0.8%1,338Decrease34.8%13,794Increase1.4%
20091,683,786Decrease12.3%2,597Increase94.1%11,956Decrease13.3%
20101,872,618Increase11.2%5,654Increase117.7%13,774Increase15.2%
20112,229,045Increase19.0%5,991Increase6.0%19,215Increase19.0%
20122,356,865Increase5.7%2,281Decrease61.9%16,961Decrease11.7%
20132,461,648Increase4.4%2,625Increase15.1%18,008Increase6.2%
20142,522,319Increase2.6%5,354Increase104.0%18,869Increase0.8%
20152,360,320Decrease6.7%13,272Increase147.9%18,271Decrease4.3%
20162,878,883Increase22.0%10,877Decrease18.0%20,873Increase14.2%
20172,982,339Increase3.6%14,300Increase31.5%21,466Increase2.8%
20183,277,229Increase9.9%8,429Decrease41.1%23,284Increase8.5%
20192,885,776Decrease12.0%4,747Decrease43.7%19,954Decrease14.3%
2020424,252Decrease85.3%3,889Decrease18.1%4,079Decrease79.6%
2021955,402Increase125.2%4,669Increase20.1%8,295Increase103.3%
20221,643,581Increase72.2%6,244Increase33.7%12,293Increase48.2%
2023 (01.01-30.09) 1,779,465Increase12.0%1,682Decrease69.5%12,432Increase6.2%[57]

Ground transportation

Bus

Line No 15 connects Burgas airport with Burgas South bus station.[58]

Intercity buses from Burgas to Pomorie, Aheloy, Ravda, Nessebar and Sunny beach also stop close to the airport. The stop is located at the roundabout on the main road across from the terminal building.

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 approximately 15 minutes, depending on the traffic intensity.[59]

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.[60]

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 six civilians (and one 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.[61][62]

See also

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