Costa Rica: Resolution on Juan Santamaria airport postponed

The highly awaited resolution on the future of the project that should have been given yesterday by the Office of the Comptroller General was put off for another nine days.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The extension came because the Technical Council of Civil Aviation (Cetac) presented the required financial information late. Cetac presented the airport rescue plan to the Comptroller on September 19, but it did not include economic details which were handed in four days later.
The rescue proposal for the airport includes the transfer of 95% of Alterra's shares to a group headed by Houston Airport System (HAS).

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