Maafaru Airport a “gift” from UAE, says president
A contract to build the airport has not yet been awarded as bids are still being evaluated and work has not started on it.
24 Dec 2017, 9:00 AM
An international airport in the Northern Noonu atoll Maafaru is a “gift” from the United Arab Emirates, President Yameen said Sunday.
A contract to build the airport has not yet been awarded as bids are still being evaluated, work has not started and the project was announced almost a decade ago.
“The airport is a gift they are giving to the Maldivian people. A gift that will symbolize the relationship between the government of the Maldives and the government of the emirates. With it, a city hotel will also be built here,” Yameen told the people of Noonu Henbandhoo.
Maafaru airport will be finished by July, he added, and planes would land at the airport by July 26. Yameen said the area for the airport had been cleared.
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