SOMALIA’S AIRPORT IMPROVES AS SECURITY RISKS SUBSIDE
December 1st, 2012
BY MARK ROWE, MICHAEL KOSMIDES, IN ATHENS, AND MOHAMMED YUSUF, IN NAIROBI
WHILE Aden Adde International Airport, Mogadishu, Somalia, does not serve an unrecognised country, it has operated without an effective government since 1991. But with Mogadishu security now improving, airport traffic has grown from just three to four flights-a-day to around 18 this year.
Ali Mahamoud Ibrahim, general manager of the Somali Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority said: "The statistics speak for itself: our airport has never been busy like it is today thanks to ...
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