Maribor Airport concession bidder revealed

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The single bid submitted to the Slovenian government for the concession of Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport came from the SiDRONE aviation school. According to the Ministry for Infrastructure, the company has met all the necessary conditions in the tender and the two sides are now negotiating a potential concession deal. SiDRONE says it is a newly founded company with roots in aviation, as all members of its team come from the industry. “Together, we have over sixty years of work experience and cover almost all areas of aviation. Our vision is the future of aviation in unmanned aircraft – drones”, SiDRONE says. Following negotiations between the Ministry and SiDRONE, the state will invite the company to submit a final offer for the airport’s concession. This is the second time the government has attempted to give Maribor Airport up for concession, with the first ending in lawsuits after the Chinese operator SHS Aviation unilaterally pulled out two years into its fifteen-year management agreement in 2019. Maribor Airport handled 480 passengers during the first quarter of the year.