July 12 (SeeNews) - Croatia's Split Airport will open its new passenger terminal on July 13, following a 450 million kuna ($68 million/61 million euro) investment, the transport ministry said on Friday.
The project included reconstruction and extension of the existing terminal by an additional 35,000 square metres, increasing the terminal's overall capacity to more than 3.5 million passengers per year, the ministry said in a statement.
The airport of Split, Croatia's second largest city and the largest one on the country's Adriatic coast, handled some 513,700 passengers in June, up 8.2% on the year, according to data of the airport operator.
(1 euro = 7.39273 kuna)