UPGRADED VICTORIA FALLS AIRPORT OPENED
December 1st, 2016
ZIMBABWE President Robert Mugabe has opened an upgraded Victoria Falls International Airport, built by development projects group China Jiangsu International, backed by a USD150 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of China. The renovated airport can now handle 1.5 million passengers annually, with a new international terminal building, 4 km runway, control tower, fire station, associated road networks, and a refurbished domestic terminal plus extended aircraft parking areas. The revamped airport can now accommodate “long haul flights”, and so boost the ...
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