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New Terminal Opens at Bratislava Airport
Wednesday 09 June 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, June 9 (TASR) - A new terminal at Bratislava's M.R. Stefanik Airport was officially opened Wednesday by Prime Minister Robert Fico and the facility should see its first airline passengers on Thursday.
The terminal will be extended by the old terminal (used from 1970 until now) when its remodelling is completed sometime within the next twelve months and raise its capacity to 5 million travellers a year from 3.5 million, Fico said.
Building contractor for the project is ZIPP, which has offered to construct the entire project for €85 million, Zdenek Chraml, head of the airport management company, told reporters. He added that the total price, including runways and other connector roads, is just under €96 million.
Fico said he did not regret his decision to reverse the privatisation of the airport shortly before signing the contract was finalised four years ago – when he replaced Mikulas Dzurinda as premier. "I am absolutely confident of my correct decision to prevent privatisation," he said.
The current investment put a strain on the state assets but "on the other hand, it is a public investment that has created new jobs. All future proceeds will remain in our economy and not go into the pockets of foreigners," he said.
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