BRUSSELS APPROVES CZECH AIRPORT PUBLIC HANDOUT
January 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved a Czech regional government subsidy of Euro 11.15 million for improving facilities at the Czech Republic's Ostrava airport, serving the country's third largest city. The money will be spent until 2013, helping fund the acquisition of new boarding bridges, self-propelled aircraft boarding stairs, a tractor for moving aircrafts, a self-propelled baggage conveyer and a de-icing unit. Up to 70% of these costs will be subsidised with the money being sourced from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and ...
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