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Sep 27, 2016 (newstodate): The Lithuanian Airports' investor conference on September 21, 2016, proved an encouraging event.
-We were actually positively surprised by the strong turnout of participants at the conference, numbering over 100, says Arijandas Sliupas, vice-minister of transport & communications.
-Actually, the event proved a positive opportunity not only for ourselves, but also by providing a platform for many different parties, investors and companies to look around to monitor common interests and find potential matches for future cooperation in the tender process.
-After this first investor conference the process is moving along as planned and on time towards the finalization of the documentation, call for bids and evaluation of the eventual proposals, says Mr Sliupas.
The goal is not to seek a privatization of the Lithuanian airports, but enhance the optimization of the commercial potentials by a concession to sustain the continued development of the airports.
At this point, air cargo is not conceived as an integral part of the tender process.
-While air cargo is definitely a business case, we might rather see air cargo as an option, not necessarily an obligation for the successful winner of the concession. It very much depends on the market situation whether air cargo will be comprised by the concessionaire's future responsibility, says Mr Sliupas.
-We were actually positively surprised by the strong turnout of participants at the conference, numbering over 100, says Arijandas Sliupas, vice-minister of transport & communications.
-Actually, the event proved a positive opportunity not only for ourselves, but also by providing a platform for many different parties, investors and companies to look around to monitor common interests and find potential matches for future cooperation in the tender process.
-After this first investor conference the process is moving along as planned and on time towards the finalization of the documentation, call for bids and evaluation of the eventual proposals, says Mr Sliupas.
The goal is not to seek a privatization of the Lithuanian airports, but enhance the optimization of the commercial potentials by a concession to sustain the continued development of the airports.
At this point, air cargo is not conceived as an integral part of the tender process.
-While air cargo is definitely a business case, we might rather see air cargo as an option, not necessarily an obligation for the successful winner of the concession. It very much depends on the market situation whether air cargo will be comprised by the concessionaire's future responsibility, says Mr Sliupas.