EUR 50 M Controller Center near Sofia*

From Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency)

May 16, 2001

A controller center worth EUR 50 M opened at Sofia Airport. It will control the Bulgarian air traffic. The money is lent under the 1994 agreement with the European Investment Bank.

According to officials from the Ministry of Transport the controller's activities will begin in 2004 because by that time the equipment will be deployed and tested. It will cost another EUR 30 M and will be provided by the Italian firm Marconi.

*As Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) became 10 years old on Friday, March 11, 2011, we are reprinting selected articles from our archives that we published on the respective day exactly 10 years ago.

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