Today, May 21, 2025, a new Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) was signed at Sofia Airport, which will be in force from 01.04.2025 and has a duration of 1 year.

The trade unions and the employer agreed to prioritize the increase of remunerations for operational positions, taking into account the weight and contribution of each of them.

The meeting was attended by the Executive Director of Sofia Airport - Jesus Caballero, his team, the Chairman of the FTTU - Eng. Aleksandar Shopov, and the Chairman of TO - Nikolay Lazov.

In the new CLA, the following agreements have been reached:

• The amount of paid annual leave is changed as follows:

- for length of service up to 5 years - twenty (20) working days;

- length of service from 5 years to 10 years - twenty-two (22) working days.

• Additional leave for work under specific working conditions is 9 days, and that for non-standard working hours is 6 days.

• The average basic salary increase for employees in 2025 is 11.7%.

• The minimum increase in basic monthly labor remunerations in the company is 5% for all employees, covering almost 18% of the company's workers.

• The minimum monthly wage for 2025 and 2026 – equal to the minimum wage multiplied by a coefficient of 1.3, is maintained.

• The amount of food vouchers remains at 200 BGN per month.

• For each hour of night work, the additional labor remuneration increases from 1.50 BGN to 1.70 BGN.

• The one-off cash sum for the birth of a child is increased by 100 BGN and will amount to 900 BGN.

• The one-off cash sum in the event of death is increased by 100 BGN and becomes 1600 BGN.

• In particularly severe cases of illness of employees and their children under 18 years of age, assistance for treatment is provided when it exceeds 10,000 BGN, with a sum of 10,000 BGN being allocated.

All other agreements remain the same.