Somaliland: Cigaal international airport gets massive uprgrade+PICTURES

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President Silanyo Launches $10 Million Airports Revamp Project

 

Sunday, 27 May 2012 21:45

President Silanyo © lays the foundation stoned while top officials look onMy administration is committed to Multi-sectored Development- Silanyo

By: Yusuf M Hasan

HARGEISA (Somalilandsun) – The people and government of Kuwait have been thanked for supporting development initiatives in the country.

The president of Somaliland H.E Ahmed Mahmoud Silanyo thanked the Kuwaitis during a ceremony that launched a multi-million Airports development project funded by Kuwait at the Egal international airport.

While laying the foundation stone to a new runway at the Egal international airport the president termed the airports modernization project as part of the government's commitment to multi-sectored development geared towards alleviating citizen's livelihoods.

President Silanyo said that the international Hargeisa based Egal international airport as well as Berbera international have seen major facelifts in the recent past owing to their importance as the first sight and thus first impression of visitors to the country.

The head of state also took the opportunity to welcome the China Hona Group which is undertaking the multi-million construction at the two airports after winning the construction tender through a bid that saw several other contractors from various countries take part.

According to the minister of Aviation Hon Mahmoud Hashi Abdi, the Egal airport will be closed as of today for all other aircraft apart from those of 20 tons and below namely Dash 8, Peach 190, Peach 200, Caravan and smaller while jets will be diverted to the Berbera airport until construction is completed.

The minister who apologized for any inconveniences caused to users of Egal international airport said that a little patience will result in better and eased flight services once construction of the new runway is completed.

The aviation minister, who is greatly attributed with continuous refurbishment of airports in the country, has in the course of two years seen to the installation of computerized baggage and body check equipment's, security cameras, modern flight control towers as well as related staff training that is entailed by the new installations and tools.

Following these developments at the two international airports lengthily queues and delays occasioned by physical body and baggage searches have become a thing of the past. Apart from faster departures and arrivals, Travellers are no longer placed in the very embarrassing position occasioned by the physical body and baggage searches.

The launching of the current project will not only see the length of the runway at Egal airport extended but proper fencing at both Egal and Berbera international airports. The sea port based airport which will from today service jets intended for Egal until construction is complete at the city airport will only see minor runway repairs for it aeroplanes of whatever capacity have ample landing and take-off distance owing to the fact that Berbera is among ten airports with longest runways in Africa.

Follow the links below for other articles posted by Somalilandsun related to developments at Egal International Airport

http://somalilandsun.com/index.php/economic/627-somaliland-egal-international-airport-gets-major-facelift

http://somalilandsun.com/index.php/community/476-somaliland-egal-airport-ends-physical-body-a-baggage-search