(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, SEPTEMBER 24 - The port authority of
Skyros, the southernmost of the Greek Sporades islands, recently
held meetings with companies that responded to a tender for the
construction and operation of a waterway at the island's port,
as Greek Travel Pages (GTP) website reported. The waterway on
Skyros is seen as a profitable investment that would benefit the
local community through the connection of the island with other
destinations. "The prospect of Skyros becoming a hub of a
waterway connection network for other destinations would bring
significant benefits to our island and boost the region's
development," said the port authority's president, Kyriakos
Antonopoulos. Greek company Hellenic Seaplanes was among
companies that expressed an interest and presented its proposal
to the port authority. According to the proposal, the company
would carry out procedures for the licensing of the waterway and
cover all construction and operation costs. The waterway would
be ready for seaplane flights by February 2014. Hellenic
Seaplanes aims to connect all Greek islands through a seaplane
network and create 100 waterways in Greece by the end of 2013
and another 100 in 2014. (ANSAmed).
