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Airport of Agrigento: "There is no actual plan"

Palermo , Italy - Worrying declarations by Minister Bianchi

The Italian Minister of Transport Alessandro Bianchi, during a meeting with CGIL union representatives in Palermo, Sicily, has been many times asked about the construction of the new airport of Agrigento. The start of the construction works, in fact, seemed to be reality: Sicily Region had already approved the co-financing and a EUR 35 million fund was available (see AVIONEWS). For this reason,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1071870
Rome, Italy, 04/03/2007 12:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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