Domestic Airports

Government scraps domestic airports deal with Malaysian company

The government has terminated contracts signed with Malaysia’s Gryphon Energy Corporation in March to build five domestic airports in four atolls at a cost of US$57.5 million.

Malaysian company awarded US$57.5m project to build five airports

Developing an airport on the northern island of Kulhudhufushi is a campaign pledge of President Abdulla Yameen. But environmentalists have previously warned that it would destroy the island’s environmentally sensitive wetland area.

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