26.10.2008

Sofia Airport to Have Less Delayed and Canceled Flights


According to Bulgaria's Transport Minister Petar Mutafchiev, Sofia airport has been granted a 3A category, meaning that airplanes could land with a visibility as low as 200 meters.

After its renovation the airport in Sofia had a category 1 permitting lending of airplanes with visibility of 550 meters or more. The Transport Ministry then established a goal of upgrading the airport's category and providing better landing conditions despite the fact that the airport’s location poses many obstacles for the category upgrade because the foggy conditions at Sofia's airport are much more frequent than at other airports in the country. Regardless of the difficulties, the Sofia airport became the first airport in Bulgaria to have a category 3A, which means that the number of canceled or delayed flights would be significantly reduced.

The next step is the acquisition of a category 3B, which so far has been granted to only 10 airports in Europe. In order to obtain a category 3B, the road to Sofia airport must be changed as well.


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