Flag carrier Adria Airways and the company Gio have been selected in a public tender as the providers of air transport services for the government and government agencies for 2007 and 2008, in a deal worth EUR 6.8m.
"We are convinced that we have selected a solution that's rational, modest and responsible to the taxpayers," Public Administration Minister Gregor Virant, whose ministry carried out the public tender, told the press on Thursday.
According to Virant, the prime minister and cabinet members would use scheduled flights when possible. Only when scheduled flights are incompatible with the itinerary will the officials use leased jets.
However, Virant was quick to point out that such extraordinary situations would probably be quite common during Slovenia's stint as EU president in the first half of 2008.
The public tender was issued in August 2006 and the selection became final in February.
Virant said the signing of the contract was a bit delayed as the government was seeking a discount - but it managed to get the price down by nearly one million euros.
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