The minister of transport Petar Mutafchiev and the executive director of the airport Plamen Stanchev welcomed Yavor Poptoshev and the B-6 exit. Passenger в„–3 000 000 was in a “Bulgaria Air” flight from Heatrow, London. At his welcoming party, he said that he is a football player and that he is satisfied by the services of the airport and by the modern look of Terminal-2.

Minister Mutafchiev and Plamen Stanchev gave him a commemorating coin of the Sofia airport, a coupon for free use of the business salons of the airport for a year, gilded special coins from the Bulgarian national bank and a bottle of champagne with the words “Sofia airport – 2008’s passenger в„–3 000 000” engraved.

In the last five years, the passengers of the Sofia airport increased by an average of 20% per year. Today, for the first time in the history of public aviation in Bulgaria, the passenger number 3 000 000 was reached within a year, noted Plamen Stanchev.