Velana Airport gears up to open doors in July

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, on Wednesday, stated that Velana International Airport was set to resume welcoming international flights within July if COVID19’ situation in Maldives continues to improve.

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Usually a flurry of activity, the ongoing COVID-19 spurred travel restrictions have left VIA, Maldives' main international airport, looking deserted and abandoned. PHOTO: SOCIAL MEDIA / UNKNOWN

Rae Munavvar

2020-05-21 18:40:02

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, on Wednesday, stated that Velana International Airport was set to resume welcoming international flights within July if COVID19’ situation in Maldives continues to improve.

In his third address to the public following the World Health Organization (WHO)'s declaration of a global pandemic, the president revealed that permits to re-open resorts would also be granted, once commercial flights returned to Maldivian runways.

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