Category: Maldives Aviation
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One Runway, No Backup: Why Velana International Airport Needs a Fallback
A History That Should not Be Forgotten There was a time when what we now call the parallel taxiway or taxiway ‘C’at Velana International Airport was more than just a taxi route, it was the airport’s only operational surface. That single stretch handled everything: landings, takeoffs, taxiing, backtracking, and the pushback and pull-in of aircraft,…