Komandoo airport's practical work initiated

President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has today commenced the physical work of land reclamation and airport development on Sh. Komandoo, fulfilling an electoral pledge.

During his ongoing tour of Shaviyani Atoll, President Muizzu visited Komandoo as the final stop today, where the land reclamation and airport development works were contracted to Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL).

The agreement for the airport development on the island was signed on behalf of the government by Minister of Finance, Moosa Zameer. Ibrahim Shareef Mohamed, the Managing Director of MACL, signed on behalf of the company.

Finance Minister Zameer inaugurated the physical work of land reclamation required for the airport.

The construction of an airport near Komandoo was a project previously intended to be undertaken during the administrations of both former President Abdulla Yameen and former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. However, the physical work for the project had not commenced at that time.

Currently, the only airport in Shaviyani Atoll is located in Funadhoo. With the commencement of work on Bilehdhoo and Komandoo airports in line with the President's pledge, he has also promised to develop an airport on Milandhoo in the same atoll.