President inaugurates Dhaalu airport
The Dhaalu airport is the largest domestic airport in the country and the only one that can accommodate private jets in addition to the 42 ATR or Dash-8 aircraft used for domestic air travel.
04 Nov 2017, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen inaugurated Wednesday the new Dhaalu domestic airport on the south-central island of Kudahuvadhoo.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Tourism Minister Moosa Zameer said the government’s aim is for all inhabited islands to have access to an airport within a travel distance of 30 minutes.
“God willing, the tourism sector will contribute the most to repaying the US$1 billion debt of the Malé international airport with these newly opened [regional] airports,” he said.
At the end of the next five years, the Maldives would have 15 airports with 1.2 kilometre-long runways and six category C airports with a runway length of 1.8 kilometres, he added.
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