HAITI BENEFITS FROM DEMOLITION OF CANADA’S WHITE ELEPHANT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
November 1st, 2014
The request was highly unusual. But, when the ambassador of Haiti to Canada heard that Montreal's Mirabel airport was to be demolished, his thoughts turned to his country's Cap Haïtien airport, which was undergoing large-scale renovation. The doomed airport's equipment, he figured, would be of more use in Haiti than on the scrap-heap.So, he called James Cherry, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), who invited him on a visit “We said: 'Sure, come on over and see what we have. We'd be happy to help you load it up and ...
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