UNIQUE LAGOON AIRPORT IN THE MALDIVES MAY YET BE BUILT
September 1st, 2013
THE IDEA of an international airport terminal that sits in a lagoon instead of on land is groundbreaking, but if it makes sense anywhere it is probably in the Maldives. The Indian ocean archipelago has a thriving tourist industry based on its natural beauty with “pristine water, deserted islands, white coral sandy beaches, mild weather and an unpolluted sky,” stressed a designer of the proposed Hanimadhoo airport. He said such scenery has set the stage for such a marine airport, which would be at the northern end of the island group and near an atoll of the ...
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