January 15 (SeeNews) - French company Vinci Airports, selected as best bidder for a concession to run Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, estimates that up to 46% of the flights at the airport will be operated by flag carrier Air Serbia, Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic has said.
According to Vinci, between 40% and 46% of the total number of operations at the airport will be related to Air Serbia, Vucic said in a video file posted on the website of public broadcaster RTS on Sunday.
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Serbia's government said earlier this month it selected Vinci Airports as the best bidder in a tender for a 25-year concession contract to operate the international airport in Belgrade. The French company offered to pay 501 million euro ($615.1 million) for the concession plus an annual concession fee of between 4.5 million euro and 16 million euro. Vinci also committed to making investments worth 732 million euro during the term of the concession.
The Serbian government owns 83.1% of Aerodrom Nikola Tesla, the operator of Belgrade airport. The company's net profit dropped to 3.2 billion dinars ($32.4 milion/27 million euro) in 2016, from 3.3 billion dinars in the previous year.
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