Addu flight school plans to relocate to Noonu atoll
Negotiations to extend a 10-year lease broke down.
18 Jul 2019, 9:00 AM
The Maldives’ only pilot training school based in Addu City’s Gan International Airport is planning to relocate to Noonu atoll after failed negotiations over a new lease.
Run by the Asian Academy of Aeronautics, the flight school will move its operations to a new international airport to be opened on Maafaru island by June next year, AAA CEO Suranjan De Silva told newspaper Mihaaru on Wednesday.
Negotiations with the Addu International Airport, which manages the airport in the southernmost atoll, broke down after the state-owned company proposed to increase the rent, according to De Silva, who said the rent proposed by Maafaru was much smaller in comparison.
“We plan to build accommodation for 200 students as well. This will lower the accommodation expenses for students too,” he was quoted as saying.
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