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MACL Reveals Permit Holders will be Allowed to Enter Certain Areas of Hulhule Airport

Maldives

PUBLISHED September 08, 2018

Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) has revealed that permit holders only will be allowed to enter certain areas of Hulhule', despite the opening of Sina-Male' Bridge for public transportation.

The bridge connects the capital, Male' City with Hulhule', where Velana International Airport (VIA) is located. A link road further connects Hulhule' with Hulhumale.

According to the MACL certain areas in Hulhule' are restricted to the public and only permit holders will be allowed to those areas. They have also announced the entrance fees and rates for parking of vehicles travelling across the bridge.

MACL has marked four entrances and exits for public and private vehicles entering Hulhule' from the bridge which includes:

an area for vehicle parking,
an area for private and public vehicles carrying passengers to the airport,
an area for private and public vehicles picking passengers from the airport
an area for public transport vehicles to pick passengers from the airport.

MACL also highlighted parking in these areas will not be allowed and has established a check post to collect entrance and parking fees.

Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) is a 100% government owned Limited Liability Company governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Privatisation & Corporatization Board of Maldives. MACL is the operator of Velana International Airport (VIA) the gateway to the Maldives.

MACL has embarked on the largest developmental projects in the Maldives, including a billion-dollar investment to transform VIA into a world-class airport.

Major projects includes the development of the new runway which can accommodate A380 aircrafts, a new International Passenger Terminal which can cater for 7.5 million pax, a new Cargo Terminal which can handle 120,000 tons, a new Fuel Farm which is 3 times the size of the present facility, a new Seaplane Terminal with MRO facilities, along with many other infrastructural developments.

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