Kirkuk / NINA / – The Governor of Kirkuk, Rakan Saied Al-Jubouri, confirmed that Kirkuk’s civil airport is ready to be opened.
In an interview with a number of journalists, he said that the Kirkuk civil airport project is one of the vital projects, a dream and goal of the components of Kirkuk for decades, stressing that “the airport project is currently ready to obtain permission from the Civil Aviation Authority.”
He explained that the airport includes two casting and asphalt runways, radars and night control devices, lighting, sensors, offices for federal departments and institutions and the customs authority, health, security and civil defense centers, in addition to a special suite for Hajj and Umrah, roads, services, power lines and gates that have all been completed, as well as devices for facilitating departure and return, VIP lounges, and the duty free market.
He explained that “the airport provides a service to nearly 4 million people, including more than one million and six hundred thousand people who are the residents of Kirkuk Governorate with its districts, sub-districts and villages, and also provides services to the residents of Diyala Governorate and its affiliated districts and sub-districts, as well as the residents of Salah al-Din in its districts and sub-districts, in addition to the adjacent areas and regions, which lay within the administrative borders of Nineveh Governorate,” noting that “Kirkuk is at the crossroads of these roads.”
He indicated that the airport project is a dream for all components of Kirkuk, including Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen, Chaldeans and Assyrians, stressing that “the airport will contribute significantly to the transition of Kirkuk to the regional and international environment, in addition to motivating and encouraging investors to come to Kirkuk.”
The Governor of Kirkuk confirmed, “The opening of the airport needs permission from the aviation authority, despite the presence of some simple observations that will be completed soon,” calling on the Prime Minister to “instruct the Civil Aviation Authority and work to expedite the approval of granting permission to open the airport.”
He concluded, “The opening of the airport will be happy news for all the people of Kirkuk, and a factor in strengthening the state’s authority, capacity and position, and will also serve all components, and at the same time, it will be one of the most important government achievements headed by Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.” / End
Source: National Iraqi News Agency