Bulgaria's Varna Airport To Officially Reopen Upgraded Runway
SOFIA (Bulgaria), February 29 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's Fraport Twin Star Airport Management said that the runway of the airport it operates in the city of Varna will be officially reopened on Sunday following four months of renovation.
The runaway is operational as of February 29, the company said on Tuesday in an invitation to the opening ceremony.
Fraport Twin Star Airport Management invested nearly 40 million levs ($27.5 million/20.5 million euro) in the preparation and implementation of the project that involved the widening of the airport's runway by 5.0 metres to 60 metres and the upgrade of its drainage and airfield lighting system.
The Varna airport had been closed since October when the construction work began. During that time, flights from and to Varna were serviced by the Burgas airport.
In 2006, Fraport Twin Star Airport Management, a 60/40 joint venture of Germany's Fraport and Bulgarian company BM Star, won a 35-year concession to manage the airports in the Black Sea cities of Varna and Burgas.
Varna, located on the northern Black Sea coast, is a major gateway to the local seaside resorts for millions of tourists.
(1 euro = 1.95583 Bulgarian levs)
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