PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Authorities say a French-Turkish consortium has won the bidding for a US$126 million (€100 million) contract to run Kosovo's only airport for the next 20 years.
Under the deal Limak-Aeroport de Lyon will also add a new passenger terminal at Pristina International Airport.
The consortium beat Turkish-German group Fraport-ICTAS and the Bouygues Batiment-Egis-PAIC international consortium for the contract announced Friday.
Pristina airport, which sees some 1.2 million passengers pass through each year, makes an annual profit of about US$14 million (€100 million).
Kosovo has moved to privatize its airport, telecom and power company since declaring independence from Serbia in 2008.
