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Airports on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast served more than 4.9 million passengers last year

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Last year, airports in the Bulgarian Black Sea cities of Varna and Burgas served 4.9 million passengers and more than 35,000 flights to 97 Bulgarian and foreign airlines. The decline in passenger traffic at both airports compared to the previous year was 10.7%.

New routes from Burgas to Vienna, from Varna to Vienna and from Varna to Nantes will be opened this year, it was reported.




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