Isidingo sabagibeli ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezintathu eziyinhloko zase-Bulgaria sesicishe saphindeka kathathu kusukela ngo-2000 futhi ukukhula okutholakala ngamadijithi amabili minyaka yonke. Ngonyaka odlule iBulgaria yajoyina i-European Union, futhi ngenxa yalokho imvelo yezokuthutha zasemoyeni yakhululeka. I-traffic eya oLwandle Olumnyama ezindaweni okuyiwa kuzo 'zelanga lasehlobo' e-Bourgas nase-Varna, kuze kube manje, ayikazuzi lutho ngokuphawulekayo. Nokho, izinombolo zabagibeli eziya eSofia, inhloko-dolobha yezwe, zenyuka ngonyaka odlule cishe ngama-25%.
Engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2008, izimoto eSofia zikhule ngo-19.5% zisuka kubagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-1.28 zaya ezigidini ezingu-1.53. NgoMeyi, izimoto zikhuphuke zafinyelela ku-27.7%.
Ngaphandle kokuba isikhumulo sezindiza esimatasatasa ngokwezimoto zaminyaka yonke, ithrafikhi yasehlobo yase-Sofia idlulwa kalula yizo zombili i-Bourgas ne-Varna ezinamaphrofayili esikhathi sonyaka. Izinyanga eziyisithupha zonyaka, iBourgas ayinazo izimoto eziningi esikhumulweni sezindiza kodwa phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo eziphakeme zika-July no-August, inani labagibeli bayo liphindwe kabili kunelikaSofia. Ukungaguquguquki kuka-Sofia unyaka wonke kusizwa ukuba seduze kwezindawo zokungcebeleka ezisezingeni eliphezulu, eziya ngokuya ziduma kubathandi baseNtshonalanga be-ski.
Ukuhamba kwezimoto e-Bourgas nase-Varna, kokubili okungaphansi kwe-Fraport yaseJalimane, kugcwele izindiza zakwamanye amazwe eziletha izivakashi ezingena ngaphakathi oLwandle Olumnyama. Mayelana nezindiza ezihleliwe zamasonto onke kulo Julayi, izimakethe zezwe ezihamba phambili zesikhumulo sezindiza sase-Bourgas yi-UK (izindiza eziyi-11 zamasonto onke), i-Germany (10) ne-Russia (7). E-Varna, izimakethe zezwe ezihamba phambili yi-Austria (izindiza zamasonto onke ezingu-11), i-Hungary ne-Russia (9) ne-Germany (7). ISwitzerland isanda kwethula izinsiza phakathi kweSofia neZurich.
Nakuba i-Bulgaria Air isalokhu iyinkampani ephethe e-Sofia, inesabelo esingu-36% kuphela yenani eliphelele lezihlalo ezihleliwe naphezu kokuba isebenza ezindaweni ezingu-29 kulo lonke elaseYurophu naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. I-Lufthansa inesabelo esingu-11% somthamo enemizila emithathu nje eya e-Dűsseldorf, Frankfurt naseMunich.
Ama-LCC anomthamo ongu-16% we-Wizz Air ehamba phambili ngenxa yemizila yayo emithathu eya e-Dortmund, e-London Luton nase-Rome Fiumicino. I-SkyEurope (ukuya ePrague naseVienna), i-easyJet (ukuya eLondon Gatwick), i-MyAir.com (iya eMilan Bergamo naseVenice) kanye ne-Germanwings (kuya e-Cologne/Bonn) ihlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezengeziwe ezingabizi kakhulu. I-Ryanair okwamanje ayisebenzi eBulgaria. Izinkampani zezindiza ezingu-26 njengamanje zihlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezihleliwe nakuba i-Iberia, futhi i-KLM ingabonakali ngokulova.
Eminye imizila esuka eSofia incintisana ikakhulukazi nabathwali abathathu abalwela ibhizinisi emigwaqweni yase-Athene, eRome Fiumicino, ePrague naseVienna. Emizileni yaseLondon, iBulgaria Air (eya eHeathrow naseGatwick) ibhekene nomncintiswano osuka eBritish Airways (ukuya eHeathrow), easyJet (kuya eGatwick) kanye neWizz Air (kuya eLuton).
I-Flybaboo yethule izinsiza ze-Geneva-Sofia ngoJuni 16. Umzila usebenza kathathu ngesonto (ngoMsombuluko, ngoLwesithathu nangoLwesihlanu) kusetshenziswa enye yendiza entsha i-Embraer 190s.
Izengezo zakamuva kuleli hlobo kunethiwekhi yesikhumulo sezindiza zifaka i-Bulgaria Air eya e-Valencia, i-Flybaboo eya e-Geneva, i-SkyEurope iye e-Prague kanye ne-Swiss ukuya e-Zurich. Izinhlelo ngokuchofoza ngokuchofoza ukuqalisa izinsiza ze-Barcelona zimisiwe. Kulobu busika i-Aer Lingus izoqala ukundiza isuka eDublin (kabili ngeviki) futhi i-easyJet izokwethula izinsiza eziya eManchester naseMilan Malpensa (kathathu ngeviki).
I-Wizz Air izophinda kabili indiza yayo ezinze e-Sofia isuka endizeni eyodwa iye kwezimbili ekupheleni kukaJulayi, ikhulise inethiwekhi yomzila isuka kwemithathu iye kwemizila eyisishiyagalombili. I-Wizz Air ibe nendiza eyodwa ezinze eSofia kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2006, okwamanje esebenzela imizila yaseDortmund, London Luton kanye neRome Fiumicino. Kusukela mhla zingama-24 kuJulayi, inkampani yezindiza izomisa i-A320 yesibili esikhumulweni sezindiza ezosetshenziselwa ukusebenzisa imizila emisha eya e-Barcelona, Brussels Charleroi, Milan Bergamo, Valencia kanye nomzila wasekhaya oya eVarna kanye neminye imizila esuka eDortmund, eLuton naseRome. Umzila ohleliwe ongewona owe-EU oya e-Izmir ubonakala umisiwe. Izindiza ze-Barcelona zisebenza esikhumulweni sezindiza i-El Prat kuze kube maphakathi no-Septhemba, ngemva kwalokho i-Girona izonikezwa.
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