Yemen to establish international airport in Socotra
2/5/2012
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Alsahwah.net-Minister
of Transportation Waid Bazeeb has stated that the Yemeni government will set up
an international airport in the Socotra Island located in the Indian Ocean.
Bazeeb
said during a visit to Socotra on Monday that the government is determined to
implement all installed projects of the strategic island.
He said
that the government seeks to make the Socotra airport an international airport,
asserting that a fuel station and a wall of the airport will be set up soon.
He further
said the new airport will provide direct flights from and to other states,reiterating that the airport will lead to
revive of tourism in the island.
Situated
250 miles off the coast of Yemen, Socotra is the largest member of an
archipelago of the same name.
