Varna Airport is an international airport located on the territory of Aksakovo Municipality, 20 km northwest of the centre of Varna. It serves the city of Varna, but its service area is the whole of north-eastern Bulgaria, including the northern Black Sea coast.
Varna Airport is open 24 hours a day, all year round and offers domestic and international flights. Since the end of 2006, Varna Airport has been concessioned to the German-Bulgarian consortium Fraport Twin Star Airport Management AD for 35 years under an agreement with the Bulgarian government. The airport, which is especially busy in the summer months, is also a preferred port for private jet flights.
Bulgaria private jet charter prices
Although Varna Airport air charter fees depend on variables such as the number of passengers, departure airport, flight time, aircraft position, flight date, the prices for private jet charter from Istanbul → Varna are as follows.
| Light Jet | 8.850 EUR |
| Midsize Jet | 11.850 EUR |
| Heavy Jet | 14.950 EUR |
These prices are average amounts and you can contact us on our flight reservation screen or by phone for the most accurate price information.
Varna Airport history
The airport dates back to 1916, when two huts were built in the Peinerdzhik area (today’s Chaika settlement) for the first hydro-port in Bulgaria. In 1919-1920, irregular mail plane flights were organised from Sofia to Varna and it was not until 1947 that a permanent airline was established between the two cities.
Tihina Airport was located west of today’s Asparuhov bridge and was rather primitive for the demands of a modern city. In 1946 a decision was taken and a new airport was built a few kilometres west of the city, near the village (now town) of Aksakovo. Construction and upgrading work continued over the years, with a new terminal being built in 1972 and a new runway in 1974. In 2013 a new passenger terminal was opened and the old terminal was closed.
In June 2006, the Bulgarian Government granted Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide a 35-year concession for both Varna and Burgas airports in return for investments in excess of EUR 500 million, including a new passenger terminal by 2008.
Places to visit in Varna
Varna is one of the most popular destinations in Bulgaria, especially during the summer months.
Attractions include the second-century Roman Baths, the Varna Museum, which was once the Belgian Embassy, a hotel and a prison, and the Varna Ethnographic Museum, which covers life from the 20th and 20th centuries and showcases agricultural tools, winemaking, weaving, fishing and more, the Festival and Congress Centre, one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the Balkans, and the Aladzha Cave Monastery, a series of caves inhabited by centuries-old monks.
Varna airport information
Among the transportation options from Varna Airport to the centre, there are taxi and bus as well as car rental options.
OK Trans, the contracted taxi company of the port, provides 24-hour service departing from Terminal 2 of the airport. The journey takes approximately 15 minutes.
Again, buses departing from Terminal 2 are one of the public transports that can be used to reach the city centre. Buses depart every 30 minutes and reach the closest distance in 20 minutes and the farthest distance in 50 minutes.
Another way to get from Varna Airport to the city centre is to rent a car. The offices of companies such as Avis, Budget, Choice, Top, Europcar, Sixt, Hertz and Thrifty at the airport are open 24 hours a day.
