Govt warns MACL over controversial seaplane terminal deal

Minister of Finance Ibrahim Ameer warned late Monday that the board of Maldives Airports Company Ltd (MACL) could be shuffled if it did not execute the main airport's new seaplane terminal deal as per the administration's directive.

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Minister of Finance Ibrahim Ameer speaks at parliamentary Public Finance Committee meeting on February 17, 2020, regarding the MACL-TMA seaplane terminal deal. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI / MIHAARU

Fathmath Shaahunaz

2020-02-18 10:11:35

Minister of Finance Ibrahim Ameer warned late Monday that the board of Maldives Airports Company Ltd (MACL) could be shuffled if it did not execute the main airport's new seaplane terminal deal as per the administration's directive.

Speaking at the parliamentary Public Finance Committee meeting regarding MACL's controversial seaplane terminal deal with Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA), Ameer asserted that the plots from the new terminal would be leased to entities as per the government's decision.

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