REPAIRED FLIGHT CONTROL TOWER AT SPLIT AIRPORT PUT IN OPERATION

SPLIT, May 24 (Hina) - A flight control tower at Split airport, which had been heavily damaged in an attack by Yugoslav Air Force jets in September 1991, was formally opened at Split airport on Friday. "The tower has been repaired and provided with modern equipment, and along with a new radar on Mount Kozjak, it will ensure control of air space from Zadar to the southernmost peninsula of Prevlaka," Tranport and Communications Minister Zeljko Luzavec said at the opening ceremony. Luzavec said that now that the first phase of medernizing the flight control system had finished, Split airport became one of the best equipped airports in Europe. Similar measures would be taken over the summer to ensure that flight control systems at airports in Dubrovnik, Rijeka, Pula, and later in Zadar and on Adriatic islands, meet international standards, the minister announced. (hina) vm mm 241841 MET may 96