It was inaugurated today in the presence of President Manuel Pinto da Costa, the new airport runway of Prince Edward Island, which with 1750 meters in length can now accommodate medium-sized aircraft.
The work cost 16 million euros, was financed by the company HDB Boavida, South African Mark Shuttleworth, who signed with the regional government of Prince an agreement for the development of sustainable tourism, estimated at 70 million euros.
José Cassandra, President of the Regional Government of Prince Edward Island, believes that along with the construction of a mooring port of the island lacks, "a new track that just opened, comes not only help clearing, to alleviate the double costs insularity, but also increase the flow of people between the islands on the one hand and on the other the Prince of connection with the sub-region will be easier, the coming of more tourists to the Prince ... consequently Sao Tome and Principe will win an airport infrastructure ... to enable the development we intend here. "
The aim of "Tozé" Cassandra is through midsize aircraft purchase, ATR type, able to lower the price of travel between the islands, which today "is very expensive, 220 euros for 35 minutes away, even for tourists is expensive "but also open the airport Prince to other companies.
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