HELSINKI MALMI AIRPORT SUPPORTERS STILL PUSHING FOR BACKIGN OVER BUDGET AIRLINE HUB PLAN
July 1st, 2011
BY GERARD O'DWYER
THE HELSINKI-Malmi Action Group's (HMAG) capital investment proposal to develop Helsinki-Malmi airport as the Finnish capital's main hub for budget airlines has yet to garner significant support within Finland's new conservative-socialist rainbow government.
Krista Kiuru, Finland's communications minister, says the government is interested in considering state-support for developing a budget airline airport near Helsinki, but will await investigative reports before making a decision.
"There are alternative locations being looked at, ...
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