TUSCANY AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AID APPROVED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION
April 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved a public financing package in Italy to fund improvements to five Tuscany regional airports: Pisa, Florence, Elba, Siena and Grosseto. Euro 8 million from the Italian government will be shared amongst the airports between 2009 and 2010 in a plan to better integrate their services. Approving the subsidies as compliant with EU guidelines in financing airports, the Commission said the scheme would "support infrastructure investments to [help Tuscany airports] comply with aviation safety standards". It ...
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