The concessioning of Sofia Airport to begin after consultations with the EC

The concessioning of Sofia Airport must be coordinated with the EC (European Commission), the EIB and the  Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), announced Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, Ivaylo Moskovski during his first meeting with media representatives. A consultant business model for Sofia Airport is due to be considered. This is a process which will not be completed within three months, commented Deputy Transport Minister, Kamen Kichev. According to him, the concession of Sofia's Central Railway Station is of higher priority than that of the Sofia Airport. 

There will be no major change in the Transport Ministry's policy, explained the new Minister. Nevertheless, the reform actions under Operational Programme Transport will be accelerated. Therefore, project management units are being set up at the National Road Infrastructure Agency and the National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC). 

Moskovski stated that, in the next few years, BDZ and NRIC will mark progress since the pending loan agreement to be signed with the World Bank will accelerate the process. For the first three months of this year, the volume of freight transport increased by 18%. Besides, within a few days, the privatisation consultant for the company will be selected. 

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