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Bansko ski resort plans building airport for Boeing 737 and
Airbus
Bulgarian News Network, 11th July 2006
The southern Bulgarian municipality of Bansko plans to build
an inner airport that will accept planes from EU countries, news.bg
announced on Tuesday.
The mayor of Bansko Alexander Kravarov took part in a forum
on airport projects where had talks with US Trade and Development
Agency (USTDA) representatives and officials from the Trade department
of the US Embassy in Bulgaria.
The airport construction that may accept Boeing 737 and Airbus
was discussed, news.bg added. If the project is approved USTDA
will grant leva (BGN) 300,000 (EUR 153,093; US$ 195,045) for pre-project
researches and economic analyses, the Bansko municipality announced.
Such an airport will support the further tourism and property investment development
and will give broader perspectives for the entire region. The
Municipality that hosts one of the most famous ski resorts in
Bulgaria plans to participate in the next conference of that type
in Croatia.
Bansko will invest about BGN 10 million (EUR 5.1 million; US$
6.5 million) in the construction of new infrastructure in the
resort, Kravarov announced in December 2005.
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