6 mesi fa, la Fraport si era aggiudicata per €1.2miliardi la gara indetta dal Governo greco per la concessione 40ennale di 14 aeroporti 'minori' (regional): Aktio (PVK), Kavala (KVA) e Thessaloniki (SKG) e gli undici aeroporti isolani di Corfu/Kerkyra (CFU), Crete/Chania (CHQ), Kefalonia (EFL), Kos (KGS), Mitilini (MJT), Mykonos (JMK), Rhodes (RHO), Samos (KGS), Santorini (JTR), Skiathos (JSI) e Zakynthos (ZTH) - per un traffico combinato di oltre 19 milioni (2013).
La chiusura dell'accordo formale era prevista per l'autunno di quest'anno.
A corto disperato di cash, il Governo ieri ha fatto sapere che intende accelerare e chiudere 'immediatamente' l'accordo.
Greece To Conclude Airports Deal 'Immediately'
Greece will conclude "immediately" a EUR€1.2 billion (USD$1.3 billion) deal with Fraport to operate regional airports, a senior official said.
The asset sales had been in doubt after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government took power in January but may be the latest concessions offered by his government to try to secure more bailout cash from international creditors.
The Greek finance, shipping and economy ministries involved in the sales declined to comment.
"The issue of regional airports will be concluded immediately," the official at Greece's privatisations agency HRADF told Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity, noting that an announcement could be expected by May 15.
Tsipras' government is trying to renegotiate a EUR€240 billion bailout and has said it would review the sales, though various Greek officials have offered contradictory statements on the fate of both the airports and the Piraeus deals.
Fraport and Greek energy firm Copelouzos had agreed with the privatisation agency in 2014 that it would operate the airports in tourist destinations including Corfu, striking one of Greece's biggest privatisation deals since the start of the debt crisis.
Under the terms of the deal, the German-Greek group was expected to spend about EUR€330 million in the first four years to upgrade the airports. The lease will be for 40 years.
(Reuters)
Questo era l'accordo annunciato da Fraport nel Novembre scorso:
http://www.fraport.com/en/press-cen...-tender-for--14-greek-regional-airports-.html
La chiusura dell'accordo formale era prevista per l'autunno di quest'anno.
A corto disperato di cash, il Governo ieri ha fatto sapere che intende accelerare e chiudere 'immediatamente' l'accordo.
Greece To Conclude Airports Deal 'Immediately'
Greece will conclude "immediately" a EUR€1.2 billion (USD$1.3 billion) deal with Fraport to operate regional airports, a senior official said.
The asset sales had been in doubt after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government took power in January but may be the latest concessions offered by his government to try to secure more bailout cash from international creditors.
The Greek finance, shipping and economy ministries involved in the sales declined to comment.
"The issue of regional airports will be concluded immediately," the official at Greece's privatisations agency HRADF told Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity, noting that an announcement could be expected by May 15.
Tsipras' government is trying to renegotiate a EUR€240 billion bailout and has said it would review the sales, though various Greek officials have offered contradictory statements on the fate of both the airports and the Piraeus deals.
Fraport and Greek energy firm Copelouzos had agreed with the privatisation agency in 2014 that it would operate the airports in tourist destinations including Corfu, striking one of Greece's biggest privatisation deals since the start of the debt crisis.
Under the terms of the deal, the German-Greek group was expected to spend about EUR€330 million in the first four years to upgrade the airports. The lease will be for 40 years.
(Reuters)
Questo era l'accordo annunciato da Fraport nel Novembre scorso:
http://www.fraport.com/en/press-cen...-tender-for--14-greek-regional-airports-.html
