The number of commercial flights in Bulgaria increased by 1.7% in August 2026 compared to August 2025, according to Eurostat data published here on Tuesday. The increase was 0.6 percentage points below the EU figure, where the number of flights rose by 2.3%. Bulgaria records the same increase as Portugal. The neighbouring countries Romania and Greece recorded, respectively, a 1.1% and a 4.1% increase. In August 2026, compared with the same month of the previous year, the number of commercial flights increased in 19 EU countries and decreased in eight. The largest annual increases were in Slovakia (37.0%), Malta (12.4%) and Estonia (8.3%). The largest decreases were in Austria (-4.7%), Cyprus (-3.0%) and Germany (-2.4%). Between June and August 2026, there were more than 2 million commercial flights in the EU. August 2026 saw 708 980 flights, a 2.3% increase compared with the previous year and a 5.7% increase compared with 2024. July was the busiest of these 3 months with 709 931 flights, marking a 2.8% annual increase and a 5.7% increase compared with 2024. In June, there were 662 480 flights, a 2.1% growth compared with 2025 and 4.9% compared with 2024.
August Commercial Flights Up by 1.7% in Bulgaria, 2.3% in EU in 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-09-21 10:21:00
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