Apart from Hashim, who resigned in December last year after parliament rejected his reappointment by President Mohamed Nasheed, the AIACL’s board comprises of STO MD Shahid Ali, MACL CEO Mohamed Ibrahim and Gan Airport MD Mohamed Didi and the company’s board member Ahmed Naseer.

STO MD Shahid Ali told newspaper Haveeru in January that the highest priority for the new joint venture would be to expand the airport’s runway and improve its surface to allow international flights to land in the southernmost atoll.