A license to establish a water airport in the area of Limenas Kymis in the Prefecture of Evia was granted by a Joint Ministerial Decision of the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, responsible for Transport Michalis Papadopoulos, the Minister of Shipping and Island Policy Ioannis Plakiotakis and the Deputy Minister of Finance Apostolos Vesyropoulos.
As pointed out in the relevant announcement, with the specific decision the Ports Organization of the Prefecture of Evia SA has the possibility to take the actions provided for by law for the construction of the required facilities of the water airport, in order to subsequently submit the request for an operating license.
It is recalled that establishment licenses have also been granted to the water airports of Ios, Volos, Rethymno, Kalamata and Kyllini, Corfu and Paxoi have permits to establish and operate a watercourse, while the compliance of the watercourse operation permit in Patras is underway.
23 more requests
In total, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is examining another 23 requests for licenses for water airports, of which 18 concern the granting of a license to establish and five of a license to establish and operate: Skyros, Skopelos, Patmos, Alonissos and Tinos, with the last two being in mature stage.
On the occasion of the certification of the establishment license at the water airport of Kymi, Mr. Papadopoulos stated:
“Evia is getting the foundations for an important infrastructure that will allow its air connection with the Aegean islands and beyond in the future. Seaplane flights can further boost the tourism development that Evia is experiencing, facilitating travel to and from the island. Kymi is the first of the five regions of Evia where water airports are planned to be established and operated, as relevant licensing applications have also been submitted for Chalkida, Edipsos, Aliveri and Karystos.”
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