03/28/2019
Ljubljana, 28 March (STA) - National motorway operator DARS last year generated EUR 465.51m in revenue or 5% more than in 2017, while increasing net profit by almost 8% to EUR 154.42m, according to the annual report published on Thursday.
The bulk of the revenue was generated by motorway toll, with DARS collecting a total of EUR 451.5m in toll last year. Revenue generated by the lease of rest areas topped EUR 8m.
Write-offs represented the largest share of expenditure (EUR 175.08m), followed by repayment of loans (EUR 40.08m), costs of goods, material and services (EUR 47.65m) and labour costs (EUR 40.85m).
The national motorway operator's accumulated profit at the end of last year stood at EUR 55m, shows the unaudited report.