"Car Rental-Varna International Airport" is the airport of Varna, the sea capital of Bulgaria. The International airport Varna is the second largest airport in Bulgaria. Varna International Airport is located in the North East of Bulgaria, to the west of Varna city. The airport is situated about five miles (9km) from Varna. Currently, Varna International Airport-car Hire-Shams Co. is subject to heavy traffic following the growing tourist industry in Bulgaria. By hiring a car everyone can easy and fast get to Varna city."Shams Rent a Car Bulgaria "realizes deliveries and collections of cars for rent 24 hours in the day at the airport of Varna The traffic map shows you how to get to and from the airport by car. The airport is well signposted for motorists coming from and going to different locations: To Albena: Travel eastwards on highway A2, through the city centre and head north via the main road E87. Another way to reach Albena is to head north via motorway 29, following the road signs. To St.Konstantin or Zlatni Piasaci (rent a car-Golden Sands): Travel eastwards on highway A2, through the city centre and then head north via the main road E87. To the west/north west: Travel west via highway A2. To the south/south east: Travel east via highway A2, through the city centre and then head south via the main road E87, connected with highway A5. The airport of Varna has currency exchange facilities, a large restaurant and duty-free shops. The history of the airport dates back to 1916 when two sheds for the first hydro-port in Bulgaria were built in the Peinerdzhik area (present-day Chaika residential area). Irregular mail-plane service from Sofia to Varna was held between 1919 and 1920 and it was not until 1947 that a permanent airline between the two cities was established. What had grown into Tihina Airport was situated west of the present-day Asparukhovo Bridge and was indeed quite primitive for the demands of a modern city. Thus in 1946 a decision was made and a new airport was constructed several kilometres west of the city, near the village (now town) of Aksakovo, with local people enthusiastically working on the site together with the constructors. Construction and improvement continued throughout the years, with a new terminal erected in 1972 and a new runaway in 1974. Future plans and expansion Currently, rent a car-Varna International Airport is subject to heavy traffic following the growing tourism industry in Bulgaria and is in need of major investments to modernize, expand and handle projected passenger traffic. In June, 2006 the Bulgarian Government awarded Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide a 35 year long concession on both Varna and Burgas airports in return for investments exceeding €500 million, including a new passenger terminal by 2008. Charter airlines-Cars Rental Air Via (Berlin-Schonefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Stuttgart) Aerosvit Airlines (Kiev-Boryspil) Arke Fly (Amsterdam) Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (Moscow-Vnukovo) BH Air (Birmingham, Bristol, London-Gatwick, Manchester) Bulgarian Air Charter (Berlin-Schonefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle, Stuttgart) Continental Airways (Moscow-Sheremetyevo) East Line Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo) Euroline (Kutaisi) Finnair (Helsinki-Vantaa) First Choice Airways (Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester) Hamburg International (Dresden, Leipzig/Halle) Jet2 (London) Kish Air (Tehran) Luxair (Luxembourg) Novair (Stockholm) Rossiya (St. Petersburg) S7 Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo) Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium) (Brussels) Thomas Cook Airlines (Birmingham, Bristol, London-Gatwick, Manchester) Transavia.com (Amsterdam) Jetairfly (Brussels)