Taken from a newsletter
The airport near Ruse is ready to be offered on concession to be used for low-budget flights, the Ruse District Governor, Plamen Stoilov, announced earlier this week.
Stoilov said the "
Shtraklevo"
airport will benefit from the fact the airports of the Romanian capital Bucharest are experiencing a traffic overload. Shtraklevo is less than 5m south of Ruse, just off the main Varna road. In all, it is only 40m from Bucharest.
According to the Governor, the previous two attempts to concession the airport failed not because the offer is not lucrative but because the proposals have been poorly prepared and the conditions unrealistic. Stoilov said he has already advertised the concession with 10 major airlines in Europe and on other continents, adding in addition to the concession, he would seek other ways for the use of "
Shtraklevo"
such as public-private partnerships.
The airport was built in 1967. It has 2,000 decares of land and a 2,500-meters long runway in good condition. In addition, the location offers opportunities to combine flights with railroad, road, river transportation, and air cargo.
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Let's wait and see but it's opening would be very good news for northern Bulgaria.