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For almost a year now, the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the concessionaire of the Sofia Airport "SOF Connect" have been negotiating the payment of the concession fee. The revenue from concessions for 2026 in the budget of the Ministry of Transport is 59.4 million euros. A significant part of them is from the full concession fee of "Vasil Levski" Airport. "SOF Connect" received a 10-year deferral for the payment of the concession fee due to the coronavirus pandemic in the last days of the Boyko Borissov government in the spring of 2021. The Sofia Airport reported significantly better indicators for 2024 than the pre-COVID 2019 - more passengers and aircraft served and an increase in revenue. "SOF Connect" paid an advance of over 660 million leva to the state for the 35-year concession. For the first 5 years, the concessionaire had to invest 72 million euros. No information has been publicly presented on how much money the company has invested so far. According to the signed concession agreement, the remuneration is 32% of the total revenues for the respective value or just over 24.5 million euros per year, depending on which of the two values ??is higher. Due to the crisis in the aviation industry caused by the coronavirus, SOF Connect received a deferral for the payment of about 250 million euros - the concession fee for the first 10 years. This amount will have to be paid in the last 10 years of the contract, i.e. payment to begin in 2046. Last year it became clear that for the first three years of the concession, SOF Connect owes over 79 million euros to the state, which will be paid in two equal installments in the period 2046 - 2048. It is expected that by the end of the year the concessionaire will say whether it is willing to begin paying a concession fee and in what amount from 2026.

 

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