Partnership with VINCI "strategically important" for Serbia

These investments in the infrastructure of the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, will be in addition to regular annual concession fees, the Serbian government said on its website.

It brought in full the speech of Brnabic at a ceremony marking the beginning of the concession and taking over the management of the Nikola Tesla Airport by company VINCI Airports Serbia, which took place at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade:

"Today is a significant day, both for the Nikola Tesla Airport and for Serbia.

Today we mark the beginning of VINCI Airports Serbia work at Belgrade airport and the start of the implementation of the concession for:

(1) financing,

(2) development through construction and reconstruction,

(3) maintenance and management of infrastructure, and

(4) performance of the operator of the Nikola Tesla airport.

This project has a strategic importance for the continued development of Serbia.

First of all, our partnership with VINCI represents the first concession in the history of our country.

Secondly, VINCI is a partner who will undoubtedly improve the business of our airport. The airport remains in the ownership of its shareholders, with their knowledge, experience, references and resources, around 83.5% of which is from the Republic of Serbia.

When we talk about VINCI, we are talking about a strategically important partner for us, who will promote the potential of Serbia to the world.

Serbia has a long history in civilian and military aviation, and this year we celebrate a century of aviation in Serbia.

We are one of the first countries to set up a legal framework for the field of civil aviation in 1913. We were one of...