Kut Airport is an urgent economic necessity and an important factor to supplement the state treasury

Kut Airport is an urgent economic necessity and an important factor to supplement the state treasury large financial Bmrdodat


Wasit / Jabbar Bjay


Includes the city of Kut in central Iraq, in addition to two oilfields and port Zurbatiyah border is important with Iran, as being open Shihabi port adjacent to the Iranian border as well, to absorb the momentum and chaos of crowds coming from Iran , especially in religious visits times, and here , according to specialists in economic affairs, must accelerate to open an airport in this province to control the movement of expatriates on the one hand and to facilitate matters of trade and investment on the other hand, which may have to revive the economic situation of the province and the country in general and contributes to providing thousands of jobs.
It may be converting two military bases in southern Iraq, which carries economic and tourist weight, not easy in a country that needs to activate alternative resources for oil , which has been for years, the first supporter Moisnath, an important step in the right direction, if they add them to convert Kut military base, which was founded in seventies of the last century, to a civilian airport, after the cabinet 's approval in the "2/28/2017, to start the establishment of Kut airport.
Chairman of the investment Committee in the province of Wasit, Hashim al - Zamili, confirms in an interview (range), the Ministry of transport will Saturday, laid the foundation stone for the airport Kut civilian who will occupy part of the Kut base Air, adding: local government and management of the province, would prefer to allocate the airport for the purpose of air freight for the absence of a similar airport in the country, and in this regard, a delegation from the local government, met with the Minister of Transport Kazem cup Hamami recently, to discuss Kut civil airport opening gradually, and in turn mechanisms It affirmed its support for the project and determine the next Saturday, the date for laying the foundation stone for the airport, and to begin rehabilitation procedures in preparation for the opening soon. "
Zamili also confirms: that the Minister of Transport, the formation of a technical committee of specialists to create procedures for landing the first civilian aircraft at the airport next Saturday, which will be reduced transport minister and a delegation from the ministry, to see the next few months, intensive work between the Wasit province and the ministries of transport and defense, to complete the Kut civilian airport requirements, in order to open as soon as possible, and be used double for military and civilian purposes at the same time , after the approval of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Defense, to convert part of the Kut air Base to a civilian airport, pointing at the same time: that the elements of the airport exist , especially that s Promising Kut air, is the largest in Iraq , in addition to its distinctive, The Department launched the province several proposals in coordination with the Ministry of Defense for the operation of the airport, including splitting the base into two civilian and military, with the desire to allocate this airport for the purposes of air freight for the absence of a similar airport in the country . "and still I say to Zamila, which shows that the local government, received in earlier times, different offers from several local and international companies to invest in Kut Airport, but so far, has not been decided by any of these offers, and is still being studied by the competent technical authorities, pointing that, one of these offers, to ensure that the company T want to invest the airport, create a bridge on the Tigris River, opposite the area of the airport, to ease the traffic momentum that gets inside the city and create a five - star hotel, with the establishment of a free trade zone to attract companies Iraqi and foreign trade exchange and traders, which would contribute to the revitalization of economic reality the province, a delegation from the Ministry of transport province visited and briefed on the offer made by that company, and showed a number of positive observations with the possibility that Kut airport, an airport air cargo for the absence of a similar airport in Iraq , its geographical location is important. "
On the other hand, see the deputy governor of Wasit Nabil Shamma, in an interview (range), the Kut airport, will be of great importance in the field of air cargo, especially since the country free of such airports, being characterized by a large runway bears the landing and take - off aircraft with high payloads and large, as well as an airport at the crossroads of a network of roads linking the north with the south and east with the west, and its proximity to the international highway, which facilitates the transfer of cargo from the same airport to other provinces, including the capital Baghdad. "
confirms Shamma: the possibility that the airport role in facilitating the transfer of pilgrims, travelers and pilgrims to the Holy Land , Not to mention organizing trips to the holy city of Mashhad in Iran, and receive hundreds of thousands of Iranian pilgrims coming to Iraq to visit holy shrines in Najaf and Karbala, especially in the visit Arbain, noting that the completion of the rehabilitation and the work of the airport process will provide thousands of different job opportunities for citizens in the private sector, let alone run their vehicles and their vehicles, if we add them to provide certified jobs at the airport, which is determined by the ministries of transport and Interior, regarding the work of the passport and protection circuit, and other other functions, as will revive the economy of the province and the country in general and be An important factor in providing the state treasury large financial of output. "
Since taking Baqir Jabr Al- Zubaidi , the Ministry of Transport Previously, it was announced on 11 September 2014, the possibility of opening a civilian airport in the city of Kut, and the approval of the Minister of Transport Agency Abdul Hussein Abtan in the summer of 2016, converting part of the Kut Air Base to a civilian airport, with the announcement of conservative management end of the year 2016 to complete the first phase of the proposed designs for the airport Kut civil, are still waiting for the province to achieve its establishment like the province of Nasiriyah, which saw the opening of the civil airport on the tenth of March 2017, which is the other built on the Imam Ali military base.
Includes Kut military base, (5 west of Kut km) , which intensifies the pursuit of the need to turn it into a civilian airport recently listed great to boot various types of military aircraft and landing, as one of the air bases task, even became after the year 2003, the headquarters of US forces the president in the province, named (Delta) base, before being replaced named after the departure of those forces to the Kut air base, and after squadrons Sukhoi warplanes fighter gathered in this rule for decades, you will see other squadrons of aircraft "Alboenk" peaceful civil gathering?


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