Belgrade’s main, airport, in Serbia, plans to invest 20 million euros over two years in expanding capacity to cope with a sharp increase in traffic, a senior official said on Friday, with the government hoping to attract bids to run the airport.
Ana Lukovic, director of development and investment, told Reuters that the ultimate goal “is to make Belgrade a regional hub.”
Traffic has increased since 2013 when Abu Dhabi’s Etihad bought a 49 percent stake in indebted flag carrier JAT, rebranding it as Air Serbia and introducing new routes.
“We are close to the limit of our capacities at the moment,” Lukovic said in an interview. “That’s why we decided to start a short-term investment cycle.”
Shares in Aerodrom Nikola Tesla – of which the state holds 83.15 percent – have shot up in value by nearly 40 percent since the turn of the year, driven by a rise in profit to 3.4 billion dinars (28.22 million euros) in 2014 from 13.3 million in 2013 reports Business INsider.
Source; Balkans
