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May 11, 2012 (newstodate): The ownership structure of Lithuania's three international airports will remain unchanged for the foreseeable future.
This follows after the Lithuanian parliament's latest refusal to pass the proposal by the Ministry of Transportation on the future organization of the airports of Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga.
The airports at Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga are currently owned directly by the state, and the proposal was to change their status into either one joint, or three individual public limited companies owned by the state, in either case opening up for the possibility of attracting private investors and outsourcing of their management to experienced companies through tender processes.
-This was the ministry's second attempt in this regard, and after the latest defeat no further work will be done in this direction. Any mentioning of the word "privatization" seems to ring badly, says Rimvydas Vastakas, Vice-Minister of Transport and communication.
-This means the three airport will remain as they are today, and we will instead continue our efforts to support the development on the country's civil aviation industry and work further on attracting new operators serving the Lithuanian market with air transport services.
-We are seeing the Lithuanian aviation market growing day by day with new routes, new operators and more and more services. So after all, the situation is promising, says Mr Vastakas.
The fourth Lithuanian airport with international traffic, Siauliai Airport is owned and managed by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense.
This follows after the Lithuanian parliament's latest refusal to pass the proposal by the Ministry of Transportation on the future organization of the airports of Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga.
The airports at Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga are currently owned directly by the state, and the proposal was to change their status into either one joint, or three individual public limited companies owned by the state, in either case opening up for the possibility of attracting private investors and outsourcing of their management to experienced companies through tender processes.
-This was the ministry's second attempt in this regard, and after the latest defeat no further work will be done in this direction. Any mentioning of the word "privatization" seems to ring badly, says Rimvydas Vastakas, Vice-Minister of Transport and communication.
-This means the three airport will remain as they are today, and we will instead continue our efforts to support the development on the country's civil aviation industry and work further on attracting new operators serving the Lithuanian market with air transport services.
-We are seeing the Lithuanian aviation market growing day by day with new routes, new operators and more and more services. So after all, the situation is promising, says Mr Vastakas.
The fourth Lithuanian airport with international traffic, Siauliai Airport is owned and managed by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense.