The Sofia Airport Development Project is described in an extensive publication published by the International Airport Council (ACI EUROPE) - the branch organization that represents over 500 European airports.

The article, entitled "Sofia Airport - Transformation Begins", describes the intentions of the SOF Connect team and CEO Jesus Cabayero.

The publication describes the planned investments for the period of the concession in the amount of 624 million euros and what is aimed at them - "Bulgaria has huge potential, we will transform the airport completely" are the words of Cabayero.

Behind them are the increased travel needs of Bulgarians and the provision of adequate infrastructure capacity to service the projected increase in passenger traffic through joint efforts to promote Sofia and Bulgaria as an international destination.

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An entirely new experience for passengers is the concise summary, after which the improvements are listed in their full scale, and they will apply to the entire process of passenger service, starting from his arrival at the passenger terminal.

The critical elements of the current airport reality have not been spared - cleanliness, parking, security check, airport facilities, etc., and Cabayero assures that the change has already begun.

The largest investment project of SOF Connect is undoubtedly the construction of a new passenger terminal - T3, which is expected to operate in 2030 and until then other large-scale redevelopment - a completely new shopping area worth 4 million euros, complete reorganization of check-in and check-in areas for passengers and hand luggage and much more. It is also planned to improve the access to the airport, overhaul the public parking lot and add new flight exits (the so-called contact stands). In the next phases of the project, even more significant changes are forthcoming, aimed at providing additional infrastructure capacity for the convenience of passengers and airport users.

The implementation of the project for the development of Sofia Airport is taking place against the background of maintaining the amount of airport taxes for 2021 and 2022 - a challenge in the current economic environment and partnership with the airlines operating at the capital's airport.

This complements the efforts of the management team of SOF Connect to attract new airlines and increase the network of air routes, and for this purpose incentive relief is provided, the article says.

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