The Public Property Agency (PPA) has sued Avia Invest, demanding that the company should pay penalties and compensation for the non-fulfillment of the contractual obligations by investment areas. The lawsuit was filed to the Centru branch of the Chisinau City Court, IPN reports.

In a press release, the PPA says that during the first investment stage, the concessionaire of the Chisinau International Airport, Avia Invest, didn’t fully honor its obligations stipulated in the concession contract. More exactly, for some of the investment directions Avia Invest executed concession works whose value is by €8.8 million lower than it is provided in the investment program.

For this reason, on the Concession Monitoring Commission’s recommendation, the PPA in February issued Avia Invest with a notice, demanding that this should pay compensation, in the amount of €500,000 at that moment. On February 14, Avia Invest informed that it will not satisfy the Agency’s demands.

Contacted by IPN for a comment, the company’s spokeswoman Rodica Rusu said Avia Invest didn’t change its position and continues to demand that the authorities should withdraw their lawsuit given that all the debts were cleared, including the current taxes, for April as well, for the aircraft surveillance ensured by the Civil Aviation Authority. “This was our request and is actually the company’s position. Immediately after the administration pronounces on the Public Property Agency’s message, our jurists department will probably examine the issue and we will provide a reaction, if this is the case,” stated Rodica Rusu.