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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-11-21
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[01] Strong airline interest for "Macedonia" airport
[01] Strong airline interest for "Macedonia" airport
A project to upgrade airport facilities at the "Macedonia" airport in
Thessaloniki must be completed within schedule to avoid creating any
big problems during next year's summer season, George Vilos, managing
director of Commercial and Business Development Fraport Greece said,
commenting on scheduled works on the maintenance and strengthening of
runways. "These works are expected to be completed by the end of July
and this is something that must be averted. We all must help to complete
works earlier," he noted.
Vilos said Thessaloniki is a city with an exceptional dynamism and that
there were several airlines that have expressed interest in investing
in the city as a travel destination. He added that Fraport Greece will
take over the management of 14 regional airports by the end of January,
with the start of a four-year investment program, budgetted at around
400 million euros.
Fraport Greece will begin works at the "Macedonia" airport in October
2017 to avoid creating any operating problems in the airport during the
summer season. "By then, however, we will make some quick works with
immediate results, such as renovating hygience areas and some internal
rearrangements to improve the terminal's capacity, new runway signalling,
etc," Vilos said.
He said the company has already hired around 90 persons and there was
need for around 550 workers. A total of 60,000 job applications have
been submitted so far.
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