Bansko ski resort plans building airport
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.
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Such an airport will support the further tourism 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.