Solomon Islands: Work on upgrading airstrips in the country will start soon.

This was revealed by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Communication and Aviation Jeffery Wickham.

Mr Wickham said all tenders had already been awarded to contractors that will carry out the upgrading work and work in all airstrips will start soon.

He said the ministry had concentrated on upgrading the existing airports before starting at new ones.

“We are concerned with the service we provide and therefore work needs to be done to improve it.”

However he said work plans of creating new airports will work inline with the Solomon Airlines.

This is to ensure that airports worked on will be used by the Solomon Airlines for its services.

“There is no point to create new airports but with no airline services.

“Services provided by these airports are not only for travelling but are economically important too,” Mr Wickham.

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