Montenegro will not low airport taxes

Airports of Montenegro i n the coming period will not lower the prices of services, even though some regional air transporters find that stimulating and extremely useful measure. Despite the fact that the Belgrade Airport "Nikola Tesla" reduced landing fees for airlines that seven percent, Airports of Montenegro, which since 2003. manage the airports in Podgorica and Tivat, in the future will take the same measures and tax prices. Ivan Kusovac, Director’s Airport Assistant  said that the pricing policy of the company conceived in a way that ensures their competitiveness and reducing taxes at the moment there is no need. "We adopted a new incentive scheme with a series of discounts earlier this year, which contributes to our policy of being more attractive to airlines and among the most competitive in the Western Balkans. This is best illustrated by an increasing number of air companies who use the services of our airport, and the fact that none so far call out the cooperation because of pricing conditions", Kusovac told. Airports' price competitiveness, as they are told from the airport in Montenegro, can contribute to opening new lines, just in case there are other necessary conditions. However, despite the restructuring, cost-cutting policies, additional efforts to rationalize operations and the fact that before the crisis, the number of passengers continued to grow annually, air companies from Balkans were brought into a position where the external account are almost two thirds of total costs. "The global civil aviation industry only began to recover from its worst crisis in history, and just during this period air transporters are faced with an increased external costs, mainly due to the monopolistic position of the other participants in the system, such as traffic control, airports and suppliers," the officials from Croatian company Croatia Airlines told. Source: Mina business