Manchester Airports Group Interested in Sofa Airport Concession Tender
Tuesday, 02 October 2018
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) said on Monday that it is planning to participate in the Bulgarian government tender for awarding a 35-year concession contract for the operation of Sofia International Airport. MAG will provide further details at a news conference in Sofia on October 3, it said. Manchester Airports Group operates three airports in Great Britain - Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands. The combined annual passenger traffic of the three airports totals nearly 60 million. The estimated value of the concession contract is 3.9 billion euro ($4.5 billion), Bulgaria's transport ministry said in August, when the tender was launched. The deadline for submitting offers in the tender is October 12.($ = 0.8623 euro)