MACEDONIA’S REVAMPED AIRPORTS SET TO BOOST TOURISM, ECONOMY
September 1st, 2012
BY ZLATKO CONKAS
THE TURKS used to run the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as colonial overlords - now with the country enjoying its independence since 1991, its government has shown its confidence in welcoming a Turkish company TAV Airports Holding to run its two international airports.
It secured the concession in March 2010, and has since run the controversially named (for Greeks at least) Skopje Alexander the Great Airport, 17 kilometres southeast of the country's capital, in the municipality of Petrovec. And also the Ohrid St Paul the Apostle Airport, ...
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