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SOF - Sofia International Airport (Vrazhdebna)
HistoryBulgaria did not stand aloof from the rapid development of aviation in 20-ies and 30-ies of XX-th century. In the beginning, aircraft took off and landed on natural ground. The first airfield in the city of Sofia was located in the place of today’s central railway station. The first commercial air transportation services took place in 1922.
Test flights were successfully conducted carrying post along two routes:
Sofia-Gorna Oryahovitsa-Varna-Ruse and Sofia-Plovdiv-Yambol-Burgas, thus
tracing out the first domestic lines. In the early 30-ies, flights took off for the first time from the natural runway in the area near the village of Vrazhdebna, later chosen for the construction of the capital airport following a decree of Tsar Boris III of 16th September 1937. This is the birthday of Sofia Airport, which has now walked a long way to its 70th anniversary. The airport was constructed under the guidance of the Directorate of Civil Aviation to the Ministry of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs. The first reception building of Sofia Airport was opened in 1939. Two years later, it had a complete airfield with an unpaved runway, and nine years later - its first 1050 m long concrete runway. In 1949, the Bulgarian-Russian aviation union TABKO was set up to bind together the civil aircraft fleet and the commercial airports. It was then that the first international scheduled flights connected Sofia with other European capitals. Between 1951 and 1965, improvements were made in stages to the passenger terminal building, which was modernised, and the runway, which was extended to 2720 m to accommodate large turbo-jet aircraft.
In the following years, the traffic of Sofia grew at a fast rate and necessitated multiple increase of the capacity. A separate terminal building was erected for domestic flights to Varna, Burgas, Ruse, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Targovishte, and later another new building for international flights. The runway was rehabilitated several times and modern aeronautical aids were installed to meet the rapidly changing demands of the modern jet aircraft in civil aviation. In the early 90-ies, economic transformations began in Bulgaria based on the principles of market development of the economy. With a decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria Sofia Airport became identified as an independent company.
Eight years later, a master plan was approved for the extension and modernisation of the existing infrastructure of the capital airport, with a main objective to prepare Sofia Airport to meet the new market challenges and ensure adequate capacity for the fast developing aviation industry providing a new level of customer service, safety and security of flights. Sofia Airport policy of quality assurance• Guarantee the safety and security parameters;
Address: Sofia Airport, 1, tel: Flight Information (+3592) 937-2211 E-mail: public [at] sofia-airport bg URL: http://www.sofia-airport.bg/
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Thanks to: www.worldaerodata.com The content above was published at Airports-Worldwide.com in 2009.We don't guarantee the information is fresh and accurate. The data may be wrong or outdated. For more up-to-date information please refer to other sources.
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