Iraq’s Mosul airport to resume flights by ‘the end of 2024’
MOSUL, Iraq (AA): After a 10-year hiatus, Iraq’s Mosul International Airport is expected to resume flights next year following the defeat of the ISIS.
The Mosul airport was captured by the ISIS fighters n June 2014 and was used as a military base during the group’s reign.
But in 2017, the Iraqi forces regained the city and the airport and declared victory over the group.
The airport has been rebuilt by Turkish companies TAV Insaat and 77 Insaat.
Mehmet Sinan Turkan, the airport project manager at 77 Insaat, said the company successfully assumed control of the Mosul airport project in September 2022.
“We initially focused on removing debris and clearing the site of the collapsed airport,” he said.
Turkan said that the repair of the airport runway began last December.
“In March, three C-130 aircraft successfully landed at the Mosul airport,” he added.
Turkan noted that the construction of various sections at the Mosul airport as service facilities, control towers and outer walls is underway.
“The reconstruction of the airport will be completed by the end of 2024 and it will be reopened to civilian flights,” he added.
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